High School Student

I am a current high school senior applying to colleges. I have a bit of a unique situation and was wondering if anyone could provide any wisdom. I did ok my first 2 years at a highly ranked public school in Maryland, but I was really bored in school. So I decided to transfer to private school(right idea, wrong place). I didn't really mesh socially with my classmates and the learning/grading style was drastically different. They didn't let me back, but it wasn't like I wanted to come back(although my parents wanted me to). But I didn't hear about it until coming back from camp, and by then it was too late to go to another private school. Still shaken up by the news that I would have to go back to the public school, I decided that this would be the year that I fully applied myself. So far this year I am doing well with 5 As and 2 Bs. My goal is to get a job in MBB consulting after college. Initially, my goal was IB but I have since realized that my stress tolerance is not high enough for that. I'm also curious about different career paths like law, politics, and tech. I'm looking for schools that will prepare me for a long, successful career and that will give me access to good jobs.

My stats: 

Public school GPA: 3.5

Junior year(private school) GPA: 2.0 (I shuddered as I typed that)

SAT: 1380(I didn't study and showed up semi hungover, so I'm going to retake it with an aim of 1500 or higher.)

ECs: I have held multiple leadership positions including president twice in different clubs, varsity lax(I'm not good enough to be recruited though), I have an internship in a real estate company lined up for after the new year, and probably more stuff that I can't think of.

Right now these are the schools I'm applying to:

Bucknell

Colorado College(Big reach)

Syracuse

W&L(Big reach)

Maryland

SMU

Lafayette

Georgia

Penn State

Pitt

Towson

Loyola Maryland

UMBC

Additionally, I'm looking into doing a PG year to improve my selection.

Are there any other schools I should apply to? Do you have any advice for me?

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