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stats are as follows:

GPA: ~3.3 UW ... weighted isnt much higher. private prep school in southern california

SAT I: 1310 (670 M / 640 V) No time to retake

SAT II: 620 Writing / 700 IC / 700 US History ... taking writing, us history, and iic in dec.

ACT: Taking in dec... last chance to try to make up for the 1310.

URM

EC - Crappy but "unique" if that means something any longer. No sports/leadership at school in the last 2 years.

Im applying to Colgate and Carleton simply because the apps are free. I need a match LAC because im still not positive whether or not i want to go to a large/small school.

I just want to take basic English and a couple scandinavian language courses (i just want basic understanding/communication ability). Id like to take 4 or 5 social science classes, and the remaining in science/math. My major will be neuroscience but i will most likely go to grad school where i can focus a little more on my major. I enjoy history and psychology, and i am not positive if i would be able to take all the courses in those subjects if i were enrolled as a neuroscience major at a large school.

Any suggestions? By the way, kind of off topic, but what are my chances at Umich - ann arbor and Uwisc - madison, out of state for both?

By Haon (Haon) on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 09:33 am: Edit

Oberlin, Kenyon or Reed? Oberlin's probably a reach for you but Kenyon and Reed may be matches.

By Arcadia (Arcadia) on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 11:29 am: Edit

IMHO the best LAC for math is Williams College, but I think that WC is a huge reach with your stats.

By Carolyn (Carolyn) on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 01:05 pm: Edit

Macalester would be a good match for you. They have a strong neuroscience program and should meet your other requirements as well.

By Arcadia (Arcadia) on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 01:19 pm: Edit

EDIT: Re my comments about Williams above--I misread your original post and thought you wanted to major in math--for which Williams is well known. I see now that English is your intended major. I'd recommend Colby, Hamilton, Kenyon, Grinnell, and maybe Bates. These schools are pretty competitive, so i'm not sure i'd call them matches--maybe low reach, high match...

By Calif (Calif) on Saturday, December 06, 2003 - 12:34 pm: Edit

Check out Denison.