Where to look?!

yanks07
Fri, 22 Jun 2007 22:16:49 +0000

Hey everyone,

Well this is my first post on CC and I just want to comment on how helpful this whole site is. Anyhow, I come here to ask you for your advice. I am (what I think) a pretty well-qualified applicant for top schools. However, realizing that the actual quality of education I recieve at these universities will virtually be the same, I need help in finding the school where I will have the most fun. I want a fun, “drinking” school that will reward my hard work in hs but will also provide me with a solid foundation for the future. If it matters, I’m looking into the field of poli-sci/IR/gov’t. Some schools that’ve been mentioned to me are Yale, Georgetown, Dartmouth, and Duke, but before I do my own research, I’d like to hear what people on this board have to say. My stats can be seen below.

Gender: M
Ethnicity: White
Location: NY
College Class Year: 2012
High School: Public
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools - my specific class is very competitive

Academics:
GPA - Unweighted: 3.99
GPA - Weighted: pretty high, haven’t calculated it
Class Rank: ~3-5
Class Size: 500

Scores:
SAT I Math: 690
SAT I Critical Reading: 730
SAT I Writing: 780
Total: 2200 (first time taking) - will retake in October and will definitely score higher.
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 800
SAT II US History: 800

Took (practically) most rigorous courseload available (avoided AP sciences). Taking all AP’s senior year.

I’ve done a sport every season of my HS career - after doing soccer/track/tennis freshman year, I now run track year-round and am a competitive distance runner that’s been contacted by colleges (“hook”?).

I’ve held down a job throughout my hs career, although it is only a part-time weekend job.

I’m president of some school clubs.

I interned last summer with my congressman’s campaign.

That’s most of the important stuff… so tell me what you think.