Where should I apply to college?

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<p>My stats are as follows:</p>

<p>Live in suburbia in New Jersey,
SAT I - 780 Math, 720 Verbal
SAT II - Math 2c - 700, Verbal - 700, Chem - 700</p>

<p>My GPA is about a 4.0 out of 4.5 (my school is weird)</p>

<p>The formatings a bit off but you can read it:
Scholastic Distinctions and Honors
" National Honors Society (Grades 11, 12)
" National Art Honors Society (Grades 10, 11, 12)
o Webmaster (Grade 11)
o Treasurer (Grade 12)
" National French Honors Society (Grades 10, 11, 12)
" National Merit Commended Scholar (Grade 12)
" American Mathematics Competition (Grade 10, 11, expected 12)
o AMC 10 (Grade 10)
o AMC 12 (Grade 11)
o AMC 12 (Expected in grade 12)</p>

<p>School Activities
" Junior States of America (Grades 10, 11, 12)
o President (Grade 12)
" Mock Trial (Grades 10, 11, 12)
o Witness (Grades 10, 11)
o Lawyer (Grade 12)
" Soccer (Grades 9, 10, 11, 12)
o Junior Varsity (Grades 9, 10)
o Varsity (Grades 11, 12)
" Spring Track (Grades 11, expected 12)
" Quiz Bowl (Grades 11, 12)
" Science League (Grades 11, expected 12)
o Chemistry 2 (Grade 11)
o Physics 1 (expected grade 12)<br>
" Math League (Grades 9, 10, 11, 12)</p>

<p>Hobbies
" Guitar (Grades 9, 10, 11, 12)
" Keyboard (Grades 9, 10., 11, 12)</p>

<p>Work Experience
" Behrman House Publishing Company Springfield, NJ (Grades 9, 10)
o Scanned, labeled, and filed pictures and slides into an online catalogue.
" NYU Cardiology Laboratory (Summers 2003, 2004, expected 2005)
o Performed research concerning deadly arrhythmias</p>

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<p>SAT Scores, Varsity Athletics, Decent Work Experience, Plenty of National Honours.</p>

<p>I’m not going to say go Ivy, cause I can’t say too much about how a 4.0 out of 4.5 will work for their admissions… But everything about your statistics just seems to scream ‘good school’. You’d seem to have a good chance anywhere you chose to apply.</p>

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<p>Very cool. Thanks. I need some names though.</p>

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<p>What kind of school do you want? If you could specify what size, geographic region, environment (as in suburban, urban, rural, or small town), and feeling (political, partying, preppy, etc.) you would like in a college, it would be easier to give some suggestions.</p>

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<p>national art honor society?! dont you just have to pay 5 bucks to get into that?</p>

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<p>Well preferably on the east coast, also I’d like a college thats not very small or rural, but I’d consider them. As of now, I’m pretty open to everything.
I wouldn’t wanna go somewhere very stuck up though. I tend to lean to the right in political thinking, but I expect that almost all colleges, especially on the east coast, lean to the left, fine by me.</p>

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<p>Do you want academics to be important, or are you looking for a place to have a great social life (or both)? I personally like Wesleyan U (Connecticut) as a slightly larger east coast school, but I mostly know only the small LACs. There are about 2,700 undergrads at Wesleyan.</p>

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<p>cornell seems to be a match for you. what are your AMC scores? did you reach the AIME round?</p>

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<p>i dont remember how i did on AMC, but i didnt do well, needless to say, no AIME for me</p>

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<p>ok then dont list ur AMCs</p>

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<p>fair enough, it wont let me edit the original post though</p>

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<p>1) How is a 4/4.5, ie what is your rank? I had a 3.8 in high school but at my school that was really strong. </p>

<p>I would say anyone even close to the right would hate Wesleyan, its militant PC. You might like Emory, WUSTL, Northwestern.</p>

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<p>Well a 4.1/4.5 is equal to a 3.8/4, im not really sure how the conversion works so I’m gonna say in 3.6 or 3.7 out of 4. or I hear it may even be higher.</p>

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<p>Sorry, I did not see that you lean to the right politically. You might really dislike Wesleyan, but you should not eliminate it right away.</p>

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<p>I think basically the non HYPS Ivies are doable, I would say Penn, Dartmouth, Duke for reaches. Then Cornell, Northwestern for reach/ matches. Then WUSTL, Emory, maybe Rice, Vanderbilt, UVA for matches.</p>