Suggestions - 3.36gpa, 2200SAT

College Search & Lists
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<p>Middle class white from Rhode Island.</p>

<p>no rank</p>

<p>weighted gpa (valedictorian has a weighted GPA of 4.5, unweighted under 3.9)
freshman - 3
sophmore - 3.3
junior - 3.8
senior - 4.1+</p>

<p>SAT I - 710 math, 740 crit, 750 writing
SAT II - 800 math II/740 physics/730 chem</p>

<p>junior - AP Chem, US History
senior - AP Bio, Physics, Economics, Calc</p>

<p>extracurriculars - collaborated with one pretty well known performance artist, web projects with 150,000+ exposures (you should’ve heard some of the college interviews I’ve had, ha), youth group leader of one of the largest regional groups in an international youth group, worked in my city with drug prevention & police/town boards…i run philosophy club…i founded my school’s literary magazine (60+ members)…</p>

<p>essay - about a social web project i did with ze frank (a web artist) which generated 60000+ words of writing from more than 400 people…20,000 views…and how it shows how far i’ve come from social problems in my beginning high schools years</p>

<p>suggestions for <em>safeties</em> and matches? looking to study cognitive science or neuroscience…</p>

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<p>What are your reaches? What are you looking for in a college?</p>

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<p>Hopefully in a city (the bigger the better) – 3-10k undergrad (would be nice to keep it small) – liberal arts availability – interdisciplinary-minded – broad outlook</p>

<p>My reaches are ED to Columbia, WashU st. louis, Tufts, U of Rochester, Vanderbilt</p>

<p>Oberlin College, Syracuse, Emory I put down, not sure what they are to me. My counselor said Syracuse was a safety with my GPA and SAT at my school.</p>

<p>I especially would like two other safeties, to make me feel good :)</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>If you like Oberlin look into Lawrence as a high safety/low match.</p>

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<p>They have no integrated neuro/cogscience program :frowning: and really, Oberlin was only on there (in the middle of nowhere, blah!) because it has an unusually high reputation cognitive science program for a small libarts college. Other ideas?</p>

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<p>bump? :slight_smile: …</p>

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<p>Johns Hopkins has a great program and is in Baltimore.</p>

<p>The University of Pittsburgh is a bit larger than your requested size, but it’s smaller than many state schools. The neuroscience is very good and it’s right in the heart of Pittsburgh.</p>

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<p>Hmm, interesting, I didn’t realize those would be safeties.</p>

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<p>Johns Hopkins would not be a safety. U PItt would also be a high match rather than a safety since they factor GPA and Rigor as most important. I think Case Western would be a match/high match.</p>

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<p>Right. That sounds more reasonable.</p>

<p>I really am looking for safety thoughts though, it would be great to hear.</p>

<p>Thanks for all your help so far!</p>

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<p>Is money no object? Or will you qualify for FA? Some schools meet need better than others.</p>

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<p>Iub
:slight_smile:
:)</p>

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<p>My bad, I missed that you wanted safeties. I would still consider Pitt as a match though.</p>