What colleges to add/take off?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>I’m not getting much feedback from the College Search & Selection so I’ll try here while figuring my chances. I won’t put Scripps and Pomona on the list below as I KNOW these are high reaches for me and it annoys me when people repeat information I already am aware of.</p>

<p>I am currently a junior and am interested in small to medium small liberal arts colleges along the west coast or southwest.</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Filipino
Gender: F
Location: Texas
High School: Public
Will apply for financial aid: Yes
Majors of Interest: Media Studies; American Studies</p>

<p>Academics</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.79
GPA - Weighted: 5.42
Class Rank: 18 of 632; top 5%</p>

<p>Junior Year
AP English III - A
AP US History - B
Physics H - B
PreCalculus H - B
Creative Writing - A
Humanities H - A
Office Aide/Small Animal Management - A</p>

<p>Possible Senior Year
AP Statistics
AP Economics/AP Government
AP Environmental Science
AP English IV
AP Art History
Academic Decathalon H (It involves a lot of studying, going to tournaments, memorizing speeches, would count double as an extracurricular)
AP Psychology/American Studies - Film History H</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>ACT: 27 (Retaking in June)
PSAT: '09 - 161; '10 -172
AP: World History - 4</p>

<p>Extracurriculars</p>

<p>**Significant Extracurriculars: **
Youth Expanding Services
People Enforcing Animal Safety
Creative Writing/Literature Magazine
Text Roleplaying</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work:
Hours through Youth Expanding Services
Volunteer at Houston Humane Society
Library Aide during 1st Period for the semester</p>

<p>**Honors and Awards: **
Most Improved Choir Member '08 to '09
Academic Excellence</p>

<p>Colleges of Interest:
University of Redlands
Mills College
Southwestern University
Willamette University
Soka University of America</p>

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<p>Adding Trinity to the list and subtracting Southwestern. ><'</p>

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<p>I am also now president of People Encouraging Animal Safety.</p>

<p>Anyways, anyone care to tell me how to determine safeties, matches, and reaches?</p>

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<p>Look at other chances thread to get a sense of colleges. However, GPA differs every high school due to the quality of the high school.
SAT’s and acceptances rates can determine your college.</p>

<p>Also, are you talking about Trinity College, COnnecticut, oR uniersity trinity, in TX?</p>

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<p>Trinity University in San Antonio.</p>

<p>And thanks, I’ll go check on those as well.</p>