<p>Which college would suit me? I would love to attend a great school: ivy, top 20 schools on the US top college list( i value education) and im not a liberal college person</p>
<p>My grades on upswing, will take 11 APs will finish on 4.0 and ACT 31. Very compatable highschool, 2 years of highschool foreign language and 1 year of community college
AP bio
AP chem
AP stats
Ap calc bc
AP US
Ap euro
Ap gov
Ap psy
Ap macroecon
ap compsci
ap phy b
ap phy c</p>
<p>Do you mean a college which has a politically liberal student body, or a liberal arts college?</p>
<p>Compatible with what?</p>
<p>how do you know you’ll finish with a 4.0?</p>
<p>How do you know what your grades will be next year? What is a “compatable” [sic] high school? Why only 2 years of foreign language? Is English your second language? Liberal arts or liberal politics? If you don’t like either, most of the Ivies are probably not for you. Maybe Cornell, or Penn/Wharton if you are interested in business.</p>
<p>Judging by this one post, I’d suggest looking at the usual array of tech schools: GA Tech, UIUC, et al. I don’t know if a 31 ACT will be good enough for MIT. What did you get on the AP exams you’ve taken so far? Oh, and if you want Ivies, take SAT IIs.</p>
<p>I suspect the OP meant a “competitive” high school, which virtually everyone on CC claims to attend. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>urbuddy, we need more information.</p>
<ul>
<li>Which part of the country (Midwest, Southeast, etc.)?</li>
<li>Public or private?</li>
<li>Coed or single-sex?</li>
<li>Rural, suburban, or urban?</li>
<li>Small (< 2000), medium (2000-10000), or large (10000+)?</li>
<li>Is cost an issue?</li>
<li>Do you want certain extracurricular activities, like a fencing team?</li>
<li>Popular Greek life or no Greek life?</li>
<li>Do you have special needs (LD, physically disabled, etc.)?</li>
<li>How selective do you want?</li>
</ul>
<p>sorry for my weak description. Well i attend a highschool in northshore chicago, illinois, (the wealth side and good schools) and always we have roughly 15 kids going to top tier colleges like top 20 students I have calculated my GPA and i know if i try hard enough i will finish with a weighted gpa of 4.0 and the courses i have taken match the valedictorians execpt for foreign language. I really dont care to much of cost, setting, the region, size, and ecs. I value the education and the people i am surrounded by. Have no dissabilities
Ive been told by friends that im not like an liberal arts college person, i cant stand a college class the same size as my highschool.
Basically a college that is very strong academically, good relationships between students/students/professors (actual sense of a community), and intermural sports(dont want to play varsity sports in college)</p>
<p>taking sat next school year, im chinese but i lived in america for 11 years so english isnt a problem, retaking ACT english kills me 27,27 math is always 34,36, science 35,32, reading 29,30 essay-9,10
and all i have is ap euro-4</p>
<p>looked in uchicago, but after what heard about the work load, i have expanded my scope of schools. I think schools like MIT,UChicago’s workload would lead me into a college burnout, but not saying i wont work hard and im not lazy
i currently in hs junior year have roughly 4-6 hrs of work per night… dont know how tht compares w/ college workloads
thanks</p>
<p>What do you plan to study?</p>
<p>idk right now, looking in economics, premed, engineering or physics</p>
<p>Rice and U Rochester immediately come to mind.</p>
<p>Northwestern, Duke, Michigan, Wisconsin-Madison, Penn, Cornell, Vanderbilt, and Johns Hopkins would also be worth consideration.</p>
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<p>then they will give you some suggestions on what colleges might be appropriate for you.</p>
<p>For the record, urbuddy, there are “good” schools in other parts of the Chicago area besides the north 'burbs. We even have some decent ones here on the south side :)</p>
<p>As for the college search, I’d start off with grabbing a copy of a book like The Best 368 Colleges or something similar and spending some time flipping through (or getting the info online, whatever works better for you) and making a list of schools you think would be a reach, those that would be matches, safeties…I’m sure you’ve heard this advice before. Don’t go too crazy on that list, though - you don’t want to go into senior year with an unmanageably (sp?) large list of schools to apply to. All the schools mentioned in previous posts are worth looking into…you might even want throw a liberal arts school with strong science programs or two in there - you might be surprised!</p>
<p>Get a current copy of Barron’s Guide to American Colleges and Universities. The Barron’s Guide is THE definitive source for all possible information about universities in the U.S., and I’ll bet you’ll find some detail about these places you’re considering that will help you make up your mind.</p>