<p>My GPA is 3.8
White/Jewish
Going to a good public school in southern Cali.</p>
<p>In freshman year I lived in FL
I had In Average four to five A’s and 2 to three B’s took all honors and one Ap human geography.</p>
<p>Moved back to Cali
Sophomore year
Ap Psych B/A
Geometry A/A-
World History A/A
Health+Aerobics A/A
Biology B/A
English II Acc. A/B+ (she is gonna bring up to an A soon)
Doesn’t offer many honors for sophomores and in FL just before I moved my whole schedule was honors
Next year I’m taking 3 advanced/ Ap courses
EC
I was in
Best Buddies (1 year)
Went to Washington DC as “ambassador” (eight grade)
Tutor children in neighborhood (2 year)
Doing school newspaper (2 year) hope to become editor and chief
I know how to read Hebrew
I work at OfficeMax (gonna stay for about 2 year)
Principals honors role
Gonna do more ECs soon as Junior year starts and taking the October SAT</p>
<p>Ask again in a year after you take the SAT/SAT II/ACT as well as having your junior year grades and ECs.</p>
<p>And tell us more about what your search criteria are: size, location, major, financial need, etc…Without more info about what you want, you’ll just get a list of random options for good students.</p>
<p>Also don’t include things from middle school. Sometimes you can get away with the summer after 8th grade but nothing from before that!</p>
<p>Also, “great” is subjective. My college is great in biology, but not in music - and it certainly isn’t well-known. “great” is what you define it as.</p>
<p>Oh sorry and yes I want to either be in northern Cali or NYU. I love the urban campus. I want to study marketing an psychology.</p>
<p>Again, no one can begin to tell you without your close-to-final GPA, your class rank and SAT/SAT II scores. But you could start doing some research: check out the Stanford thread to see the stats of those accepted by Stanford.</p>
<p>Katliamom, where did Stanford come from? OP asked about northern CA schools or NYU. Stanford is A Northern CA school but not the only one.</p>
<p>OP, NYU is >$60K/year. Are your parents prepared to pay that? California public colleges use a weighted GPA. Look up your UC GPA to see where you land for that. [CaliforniaColleges.edu</a> - Calculating Your GPA](<a href=“http://www.californiacolleges.edu/admissions/california-state-university-csu/gpa_calculator.asp]CaliforniaColleges.edu”>http://www.californiacolleges.edu/admissions/california-state-university-csu/gpa_calculator.asp)</p>
<p>I’m planning on some financial aid and loans for college because I qualify…and I also looking at schools all over NY and CA.</p>
<p>Don’t count on getting any FA from NYU outside of loans and a Pell grant if you are extremely low income. You would still need to come up with $50K/year. SUNYs can be a relative bargain to OOS students.</p>
<p>Erin’s Dad, Stanford was listed because it’s arguably the no 1 “great” school in Northern California, and it’s my hunch it, and UCB, is what OP had in mind posting this question. As a Cal grad, I personally think Stanford is actually the no 2 “great” school in Northern California, but that’s just me (and tens of thousands of other people.) ;)</p>
<p>I guess it’s good to have a goal, but a 7% selection rate and a 3.8 may not match too well.</p>
<p>^^^ which is why I suggested, diplomatically, she compare her stats to accepted students’ found on the Stanford thread.</p>
<p>I’m planning on some financial aid and loans for college because I qualify…and I also looking at schools all over NY and CA.</p>
<p>Can you clarify. What do you mean that you qualify for FA. How do you know that? </p>
<p>And, do you realize that most schools won’t give much aid NO MATTER how much you “qualify” for aid. Most schools don’t care if you “qualify” for aid other than small amounts of federal aid. Most schools do not meet need.</p>
<p>You need to get a clearer understanding of what you qualify for, what schools give lots of aid, etc.</p>
<p>Don’t count on getting any FA from NYU outside of loans and a Pell grant if you are extremely low income. You would still need to come up with $50K/year. SUNYs can be a relative bargain to OOS students.</p>
<p>Right…NYU won’t care if you “qualify” for aid.</p>
<p>However, SUNYs really are only a “bargain” for OOS students who can PAY the costs. They aren’t bargains for those who need financial aid.</p>
<p>I am under a certain income and I know majority of school don’t meet full need…I am looking at some suny schools.</p>