<p>Thank you everyone for your responses! I haven’t heard of the majority of the schools suggested, and I’ll definitely check them out.
I think being a technical writer could definitely be a viable position. At this point, I’m really not sure exactly what career options I have that I will be passionate about but also can support myself with.</p>
<p>@BrownParent I don’t know if the math EC could work. I’m trying to qualify for USAMO, which (I think) is assumed to take at least a couple hours a day for several years of work to be able to do, unless you’re especially talented or lucky I guess. I do structured things like math club and math team and some online classes, but the majority of the time spent on it is individually without an organization.
For badminton, we don’t have ranks at the state level, you can only get an estimate of how good you are by where you place.
Our school is pretty competitive academically. This year, we had eighteen seniors graduate with a 4.0. However that’s not typical, usually we get 6-10 seniors with 4.0. And I forgot about the GC recommendation, but I’m sure she would check that off.</p>
<p>@ucbalumnus I’m in OR, and my parents could contribute up to 20k annually. </p>
<p>@momrath I think I do qualify for some need-based aid (I applied to private boarding schools in the past and got about half-tuition, and our financial situation hasn’t changed much since then). Thank you for the list, I will definitely look at those schools.</p>