<p>Alright, I’ll do that. Thanks for the input!</p>
<p>Your GPA really isn’t that bad. I would imagine the rest of your application will completely overshadow it (if you’re that worried about it). Just remember to apply to a state school as a safety. After that, I would pick a few mid level privates (RPI, Villanova, etc.), and a few upper levels (Duke, Ivies, Stanford). If you’re great at writing, your essays should be fine and you should have no problem getting into a great school.</p>
<p>By the way, the EFC is really just a guideline. My family’s EFC was approximately $13k, and I received ~$34k total ($24k grant, $10k loans) from Wake Forest, ~$35k total ($25k grant, $10k loans) from RPI, and ~$40k ($30k grant, $10k loans) from Villanova. Needless to say, I’ve decided to go to a state school. BUT, that’s just my experience.</p>
<p>Alright, thanks! I have a lot of different factors to consider. But then again, so does everywhere. Gah.</p>
<p>Bumppppppp</p>
<p>Just my two cents, but your science research will help a lot - I had a similar research background and got some scholarships at Cornell that made it the best option financially. So while I would suggest having some financial safeties too (especially since you’re considering med school), I wouldn’t cross Cornell off the list. Some of the Ivies have very generous aid so they’re worth applying to, in my opinion. You never know how the financial packages will be; mine really varied from school to school.</p>
<p>Triple are you in state for Cornell?</p>
<p>'fraid not :(</p>
<p>“No offense, but your statement about being over-qualified for schools other than the “really good” schools doesn’t make sense since you weren’t able to ace high school…which is easier than college.”</p>
<p>LOL college is definitely easier than highschool for me. HS is for people who can kiss ass and do grunt work. College is more about performance on examinations.</p>
<p>I agree with you HELPMENOW11. That was the most arrogant statement I have ever read on these posts. If you can help somebody, please do. Don’t sit there and make sarcastic remarks.Another remark " there are thousands like you applying" , OP has 2320 , so how many thousands have more than 2320.</p>
<p>Actually almost 3K have higher than that score, and that doesn’t include students who are superscoring. <a href=“http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/SAT-Percentile-Ranks-Composite-CR-M-W-2011.pdf[/url]”>http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/SAT-Percentile-Ranks-Composite-CR-M-W-2011.pdf</a> I happen to agree with the poster that helpmenow was quoting.</p>
<p>Not to chime in on an old topic but, 3.65 is not a “terrible” GPA at all…sure it is not ivy level, but there are millions and millions of students nationwide who would love to have stats like yours. Around here your stats could very well get you accepted into schools just below the ivy tier such as the University of Chicago or Northwestern. Your SAT is awesome!</p>
<p>Do Northwestern and Chicago offer good aid?</p>
<p>Northwestern’s Common Data Set, Section H2, shows it meets need. [2009-10</a> Financial aid, Common Data Set - Northwestern University](<a href=“http://ugadm.northwestern.edu/commondata/2009-10/h.htm]2009-10”>http://ugadm.northwestern.edu/commondata/2009-10/h.htm) </p>
<p>Chicago is not so easy to tell.</p>
<p>Alright, thank you for the input!</p>
<p>Vanderbilt is a top school that tends to be more lenient on GPA.</p>
<p>^ That’s hard to tell from the CDS which rates GPA as very important. <a href=“https://virg.vanderbilt.edu/virgweb/CDSC.aspx?year=2011[/url]”>https://virg.vanderbilt.edu/virgweb/CDSC.aspx?year=2011</a> Where did you hear that?</p>
<p>It’s fairly encouraging that almost a quarter of the class had a GPA in my range…</p>