Need Help w/ College Admissions

Currently stressing about college admissions and need some advice. I lack in my academics. My GPA is low because my school doesn't count freshman-year grades; sophomore year was really hard.  I'm currently prepping for the ACT and grinding to get a 34 to rectify my GPA & I took an AP test and I'm waiting for the score. Wanted to see what everyone's thoughts on WSO are and what would be a good ED school for someone interested in IB.

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i'd say wait until you get ur act score to decide an ED. def look into nyu stern/cornell dyson/ivies for ED given you get a 34+. Apply to top publics (uva, unc, ut, ucla, cal, umich) and top 20s. I'd say apply to IU Kelley as well as a worst case scenario given you don't get into anywhere (i think ur stats are enough already).

 

I'm going through admissions rn and I would say ALOT of those schools you listed would be reaches simply due to their GPA. at some schools they may not even read OP's application if his gpa isn't above, say 3.5 (rarely happens, but still). 

But OP does seem to have great EC's, which is good. 

However I'm confused, as you said in the post that you had a "full ride to a T10". Did you mean that that was a goal of yours?

 
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