What kind of schools should i be looking at?

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GPA on a 100 point scale 92UW/95 W
35 act composite
E:35
M:33
R:34
S:36
Writing:8
the super score is still a 35 but the sections would be 35,33,36,36,8
By the end of my senior year, I will have taken these ap’s
Physics 1
Stats
CalcBC
Micro/Macro
Human Geography
Gov
Music Theory
Chem

EC’s
Key Club- like everyone else lol

NHS

Math Honors Society - I’m probably going to be president next year

Chamber Choir (our school’s audition-only choir, we’ve won local competitions and will be singing the national anthem at a Mets game in June) I’ll be the treasurer or vice president for next year

I’m doing a summer program in mathematics (my intended field) at Stonybrook University

I’ll hopefully get into the Columbia SHP for next year

I have 100 or so volunteer hours at our local animal shelter

I have tutored for about 20 hours as of April junior year and plan to continue into the next school year

I’ve also been a part of my school’s debate club since it was created about 2 months ago

My Letters of rec should be strong, They’ll be from my PreCalcBC teacher and my 9th and 12th-grade English teacher

I know my EC’s are kind of weak but what sort of schools should I be looking at applying to come fall

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And what should I be doing now to boost my chances at top schools other than to just maintain/improve my gpa?

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Based on your intended major, you might want to research highly selective colleges included in a Princeton Review sampling, “Great Schools for Mathematics Majors”:

Harvey Mudd
MIT
UChicago
Caltech
Haverford
Harvard
Hamilton
Bowdoin
Reed
Rice
Carleton
Grinnell
Macalester
Bryn Mawr
St. Olaf
URochester

4

It really depends on what you want to study, what environment you want, geography, and how you’d like to spend your time outside class.

You stats are unlikely to be a problem.

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You should be looking at schools that fit in your parents budget and then find a range of safety, match, and reach schools.

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A list based on your stats is meaningless. We could give you names that you’d end up hating if you don’t give any more guidance than that. Major? Budget? Region? Weather? Hobbies? Anything else important to you?

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Stats wise, you would be competitive for what we know as the ‘top schools’. That being said, it doesn’t always mean those schools are a good fit. Like @eyemgh said, start creating criteria for your ideal experience, and then search from there. However, definitely do not forget to apply to good safe schools. Nothing is guaranteed. Good luck!

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Congratulations on your hard work and success!

Yes, I agree with the above good comments. First, affordability. You want to end up with a great option that is affordable. Second, you want to look at schools that are a good fit for YOU. Schools are similar in many ways but also have very different vibes and environments and different strengths and weaknesses. For example, Penn and Dartmouth are both Ivies, both excellent, but wholly different environments. One might be perfect for you, one not so much, or maybe neither would appeal. UNC, a great school, would offer big-time sports and a great “college town.” Williams would offer terrific access to profs and a much smaller environment, with lots of sports, but not on the scale of ACC basketball. Would one appeal to you? And would you be happy to spend months in a very cold, icy environment, or would you just say, I’ll never get out of bed for that early class? So think about those things in terms of what is important to YOU.

And think about this. You are fully qualified for pretty much any school. However, that does not mean you’d be accepted to all of them. An example: we visited a tip-top LAC. They said 70% of applicants were “fully qualified” and would probably succeed academically and otherwise. At the time, they accepted 14%, so roughly 4 in 5 students that the school thought fully qualified were not offered admission. A few dozen top schools have similar or lower acceptance rates. The effective rate is probably actually lower, because some students get preferential treatment for being athletes, legacies, wealthy, etc.

Now that sounds like bad news, but the great news is that maybe you’d be accepted to one AND there are lots and lots of great schools with fantastic students that are not so insanely competitive, and you’ll end up at a great place.

So, figure out how much you can afford to pay and think about what kind of place would work well for YOU. If money is a big issue, and it is for most students, then research universities/colleges that meet full financial need and schools that offer generous merit aid, and try to find ones that work great for you. Run the NPCs and make sure you end up with a safety or two that you would love to attend and is affordable.

Take it as a journey to learn about schools, and yourself, and then I think it can all be less stressful. Good luck!

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If, as appears, you are a New York State resident, then SUNYs such as Albany and Stony Brook should serve as dependable admission prospects.