<p>Hi, I am a junior attending a California high school.
here are my stats.
Ranking: 5/600
GPA: 4.55 weighted
unweighted: 3.98
SAT 1: 700 M/760 W/700 CR: 2160
ACT: 30
SAT 2:
Biology - 770
World History - 800</p>
<p>10th Grade
English Honors 2 A/A
ALGEBRA 2/TRIG ANALYSIS A/A
AP BIOLOGY A/A
PHYSICAL EDUCATION A/A
SPANISH 2 A/A
AP WORLD HISTORY A/A</p>
<p>11TH GRADE (FIRST SEMESTER)
ENGLISH HONORS 3 A
PRECALULUS HONORS B+
AP CHEMISTRY A
AP US HISTORY A
SPANISH 3 A
ART 2 A
AP's took: Biology - 3
World History - 5</p>
<p>EXTRACURRICULARS.
500+ hours of volunteering at hospital
Founder/President of Habitat for Humanity chapter (9,10,11)
City's Youth Committee Boardmember (10,11)
Academic Decathlon (11) Team will go to State for Sure!
Winner of Shakespeare Recitation contest (10)
Work at boba place 20+ hours a week.
Volunteer Organization Youth Ambassador
Internship at Law Office (4 weeks)</p>
<p>My family is dirt poor; my parents make less than $6,000 a year. I make the additional $5000 through my work of 5 hours a day afterschool. I have no idea where I want to go. But I just want a free-ride, full scholarship. I don't think I can afford the fees. So I'm asking for your help. Are there any schools that would offer me a full-ride scholarship? I am looking at Boston College/Boston University. I am going to major in Political Science. I have a great passion for law. Thank you for your time.</p>
<p>there is no doubt Gtown will offer the best political science course in the country, but they are not goin to give u anything in terms of money. Maybe George Washington U will offer u a full?</p>
<p>How does your family live on $6,000 a year? In California?</p>
<p>Anyway, any college in the nation will offer you some form of aid. Your GPA qualifies you for all UCs. Your family will be expected to contribute nothing.</p>
<p>The concern seems to be related to the fact that you want grants, not loans. Otherwise--as was already stated here--you will be offered 100% of your costs by many schools.</p>
<p>The schools most likely to offer "free" money to someone like you would be an Ivy-league school, a school like Rice or George Washington Univ or a highly ranked liberal arts school (Amherst, Williams, Swarthmore).</p>
<p>A final choice is to do like "motherfromtexas" did and go to a lesser school known for giving free rides to students with great stats.</p>
<p>Here is the link to that thread, which is also located here on collegeconfidential:</p>
<p>P.S. Don't forget to think about the costs of getting home during the holidays and spring break. This is expensive, too, and is often not covered by the college. </p>
<p>any colleges suggested by you guys that are similar to my stats?
I want to look into other colleges on the east coast. I think i want to leave home for now.</p>
<p>Try UMich...it's a great school and offers nice purely-merit-based $$, plus some money for a combo of merit and financial need, both of which you have!!!
Also, you could try for Harvard, Yale, etc...obviously they're tough schools, but if you got in you'd get an automatic free ride (well, with, of course, some work-study and maybe some small loans...) Good luck!!!</p>
<p>Harvard offers no-loan, all-grant support to students with family income less than $40k. Of course, you have to be admitted! I think Columbia does the same.</p>
<p>You have very good stats. If you work carefully on your applications & get a good EC resume together, you will definitely have a good chance to be admitted to schools that offer to meet 100% need. Search around the CC site to find some of these schools. I know that Wesleyan meets 100% of need, but they do expect the student to contribute some & they expect the student to take out a Stafford loan each year ($3500 freshman year). Most schools that meet need will expect some student contribution & some loans (not ridiculous amounts, though).</p>
<p>Another poster suggested U of M --- but I have not known anyone with an income as low as yours whose need was completely met at U of MI (but I am in-state). Maybe they are nicer to OOS students. The kids I know have had to borrow a lot to cover their gap.</p>
<p>You can also look at programs like Pitt --- great full rides, if you qualify. Top-tier schools are nice, and you can look into them, but it isn't necessary to go to one to succeed in life! Search through CC threads & do some googling to try to find schools that meet 100% of need, schools that offer good academic scholarships, etc. There are quite a few! This thread alone has good ideas, and so does the one under Financial Aid & Scholarships that has to do with "schools offering good merit scholarships." It's great that you are starting to look now. Good luck!</p>
<p>also, does any of my extracurriculars stand out? I am teh BOARDMEMBER of my CITY YOUTH COMMITTEE.
but by the end of this year, i hope to become Chairman of the committee.
anyways anyone know how I can improve my EC's?
I got nominated for Boy's State, and think I am going to get selected to go.
Also I have been nominated for two free-paid leadership conferences up in Sacramento.
does this help?</p>
<p>I know that both Columbia and Northwestern now offer full scholarships (with some work study, etc., but nothing you have to pay off) for anyone with a low income.</p>