Where are you going for colleges?

[Kokonilly]

Gah, the worst thing about college is applying.

You know that one time I said I was applying to 14 colleges? Well, now it's 16. Maybe even 17. And two early action schools.

GO SENIOR YEAR

Oh. Wow. This didn't happen.

[blue cobra]

I'm finishing up my junior year hoping to go to WPI for physics, probably with a math minor. I might even get to take some physics classes at RPI next year.

[RandomPerson]

Gah, the worst thing about college is applying.

You know that one time I said I was applying to 14 colleges? Well, now it's 16. Maybe even 17. And two early action schools.

GO SENIOR YEAR

Oh. Wow. This didn't happen.

Hahaha, yeah I remember that. And then you got into stanford .

My college admissions didn't go as well as I'd hoped, among my 6 target/reach schools I went 1 accepted/3 waitlisted/2 rejected. But hey, 1 is all you need.

So, unless I get off one of my waitlists (and even then I'm not sure I'd switch, would really depend on finances) I will be attending Tufts University this fall. I'm at least starting out as a Chemical Engineering major (I'm phrasing it that way because I think statistically most college grads change their major at least once).

I'm finishing up my junior year hoping to go to WPI for physics, probably with a math minor. I might even get to take some physics classes at RPI next year.

Ah cool, I applied and got into both RPI and WPI. Liked both of them for different things, but they both gave me crap financial packages.

[LCovington]

I personally dont know yet but I do know that I want to go to college in Trinidad, where my family is from.

[paleonaps]

I'm setting my sights on University of Chicago, or if a miracle happens, Harvard. I'll be applying to a lot of schools, but those are my top choice.

[quizbowl]

I'm setting my sights on University of Chicago, or if a miracle happens, Harvard. I'll be applying to a lot of schools, but those are my top choice.

[EASTstroudsburg13]

So, I'm pretty much officially a Drexel Dragon now!

[Teal]

Hoping for Harvey Mudd next year. If not, I'll be fine at the state school!

[labchick]

Georgia Tech (I hope) for a three-year pre-med. Of course, the anatomy kid wants to be a doctor.

[Zoobanks]

Well as only a Sophomore, I think I will attend Butler. Yes I know my avatar supports a different school, but that is something of an inside joke. Also, I had a good friend attend Oberlin which is still an option.
Butler just seems the perfect fit to me right now. It's a couple hours from home which is nice, not too far but not too close. Plus I would probably be able to walk on and continue to play football.

[French_Toast]

People who are familiar with CA, anyone have recommendations for schools to look into besides the obvious(Stanford, USC, UCLA, UC Berkeley). I've been thinking I wanna go to school out west, but I've hovered around a 3.3-3.4 GPA, so I probably won't get into the top schools.

[Infinity Flat]

People who are familiar with CA, anyone have recommendations for schools to look into besides the obvious(Stanford, USC, UCLA, UC Berkeley). I've been thinking I wanna go to school out west, but I've hovered around a 3.3-3.4 GPA, so I probably won't get into the top schools.

Well most of the UC's are pretty good (Irvine, Davis, etc.) as are Harvey Mudd and the other Claremont Colleges. Outside of that, I can't really say.
In Washington state, University of Washington and Western Washington University are both pretty good.
The best school in Oregon is probably Reed College.
Also, take a look at CU: Boulder and the Colorado School of Mines, each in Colorado.

[RandomPerson]

People who are familiar with CA, anyone have recommendations for schools to look into besides the obvious(Stanford, USC, UCLA, UC Berkeley). I've been thinking I wanna go to school out west, but I've hovered around a 3.3-3.4 GPA, so I probably won't get into the top schools.

Well most of the UC's are pretty good (Irvine, Davis, etc.) as are Harvey Mudd and the other Claremont Colleges. Outside of that, I can't really say.
In Washington state, University of Washington and Western Washington University are both pretty good.
The best school in Oregon is probably Reed College.
Also, take a look at CU: Boulder and the Colorado School of Mines, each in Colorado.

Yeah funny thing, I got into UC Irvine. And I didn't apply to UC Irvine.

[quizbowl]

People who are familiar with CA, anyone have recommendations for schools to look into besides the obvious(Stanford, USC, UCLA, UC Berkeley). I've been thinking I wanna go to school out west, but I've hovered around a 3.3-3.4 GPA, so I probably won't get into the top schools.

Well most of the UC's are pretty good (Irvine, Davis, etc.) as are Harvey Mudd and the other Claremont Colleges. Outside of that, I can't really say.
In Washington state, University of Washington and Western Washington University are both pretty good.
The best school in Oregon is probably Reed College.
Also, take a look at CU: Boulder and the Colorado School of Mines, each in Colorado.

Yeah funny thing, I got into UC Irvine. And I didn't apply to UC Irvine.

Berkeley's a great school. You seem like you'd have the ECs to make up for the GPA. (And it might not be /that/ west for you, but Chicago is a great school in the midwest )

[Kokonilly]

People who are familiar with CA, anyone have recommendations for schools to look into besides the obvious(Stanford, USC, UCLA, UC Berkeley). I've been thinking I wanna go to school out west, but I've hovered around a 3.3-3.4 GPA, so I probably won't get into the top schools.

Well most of the UC's are pretty good (Irvine, Davis, etc.) as are Harvey Mudd and the other Claremont Colleges. Outside of that, I can't really say.
In Washington state, University of Washington and Western Washington University are both pretty good.
The best school in Oregon is probably Reed College.
Also, take a look at CU: Boulder and the Colorado School of Mines, each in Colorado.

Yeah funny thing, I got into UC Irvine. And I didn't apply to UC Irvine.

Did you hear that UCLA sent out 900 acceptance letters to students who were actually on the waitlist?

And French_Toast, though GPA is important, there's no GPA cutoff. Most good schools have a holistic review of applications, meaning that they don't have a GPA or SAT or whatever cutoff - they'll read your application and evaluate you as a whole. Good luck!