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I am familiar with the Counselor-O-Matic search engine from the Princeton Review folks. Are there any other good search engines that are similar? The only other search engines to match colleges that I've found online are not very good. Thanks!

By Haon (Haon) on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 04:38 pm: Edit

Counselor-O-Matic is the best one I've seen.

If you list your stats and the type of college you're looking for people on this site are usually very good.

By Boxmaker1917 (Boxmaker1917) on Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 12:47 am: Edit

I'ts been suggested that if I provide my stats, some of you can suggest possible schools to consider. I am just a junior so no test scores yet.

My GPA has been around 3.8 (unweighted) but it will drop significantly this year. (For example, there are 32 of us in my chemistry class and the highest grade so far is a B-. I am #5 of 32 with a grade of C.)

I am an IB full diploma student. Classes are:

IB Russian
IB Biology
IB Chemistry
IB English
IB History (Europen)
IB Math Studies (less demanding than IB Calc)
IB Theory of Knowledge(1/2 year)

My schedule will remaind the same senior year except that I will be done with chemistry.

I tested last spring in IB Spanish and received a 6 on the test. (Possible score of 7.) I don't do any extra-curriculars through school. However, I do gymnastics for 13 hours each week durig the school year; 20 hours during the summer. (Tramp & tumbling; not an NCAA sport = no chance of scholarship.) If you know gymnastics, I am a USAG Level 10 hope to go elite next year in tumbling. I was on a competition dance team for 8 years but dropped dance this year in order to handle the homework associated with IB. I work as a volunteer each Sunday for 2.5 hours in religious school, helping a child that is autistic. I also am teaching myself guitar as part of my IB CAS "creativity" requirements.

I would like to go to medical school but I would prefer to go to a liberal arts school rather than a pre-med program. I have Attention Deficit Disorder and I think I will function better in smaller classes and a smaller faculty-to-student ratio.

I have no idea what I will major in at college. My parents think languages or English are a good choice since those come easier to me than math/sciences. I just need to make sure that I have a good foundation for medical school.

I'm not sure about specific schools. My mom went to Vanderbilt but has not been a big donor so we're not sure that will help much. I live an hour away from Carleton and that's another possibility. The University of Minnesota will be my "safety" but I'm not sure whether to apply pre-med or CLA there. Big classes, no matter what I take.

I like the idea of going to an Ivy League school but they all sound pretty high-pressure. I work hard but I am no genius and I am worried about getting in over my head.

Any suggestions for schools(reach, safety, match) would be appreciated! Thanks!