<p>My son is in a similar situation, though his stats are not as good as yours. The discrepancy has him concerned. I think you will be fine. </p>
<p>I have encouraged my son to choose honors colleges w/in large Us that provide great merit for NMF (Bama, Oklahoma, UT Dallas). After that, I am encouraging him to apply to his high reaches. He has a great deal of pressure from school GC to find matches, but he just is not able to find any based upon his stats and his parameters. Just remember, the schools with low admit rates will always be reaches, even if you had a 4.0.</p>
<p>He is also from PA and very much wants a CA LAC. </p>
<p>Oxy and Pitzer appear to be the most forgiving of his discrepancy between standardized scores and GPA. Be aware, Oxy is not the best aid. Very generous under a certain income, but calculates EFC much higher than other schools we have looked into.</p>
<p>I encourage you to look at all the Claremonts. </p>
<p>If CA location is most important to you, you may want to step down in prestige and look at Redlands. The Johnston alternative is interesting.</p>