Advice : Schools within 2 and a half hours of NYC for me?

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<p>I want to try and stay within 2 and a half hours from my home in NY. ( If i really fall in love with a school I am willing to go further, but not plane rides!!)</p>

<p>My stats are
class rank in top 3% approx 3.9 gpa</p>

<p>sats
math- 660
verbal - 600
writing - 560 :/</p>

<p>im retaking my sats on saturday with the hope they will improve so i can get my writing in the 600s and math almost at 700.</p>

<p>i am also going to take the act at the end of the month </p>

<p>im not really sure what i want to major in but i want a school with an education program. also a school with a pretty good math and science programs.</p>

<p>i don't want to go to a school that is huge (i.e, 17,000 students nor a school with 1,000 students)</p>

<p>price is important. im not expecting a school to be 5,000 but as long as they give out a decent amount of aid and merit, i should be satisfied</p>

<p>please help, any suggestions?</p>

<p>feel free to ask more questions because i probably left a lot out. haha thanks again!</p>

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<p>With NYC traffic, that’s like a ten mile radius</p>

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<p>i dont actually live in manhattan. i dont want to give away my address, but i live in the vicinity</p>

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<p>[SUNY</a> New Paltz - School of Education](<a href=“http://www.newpaltz.edu/schoolofed/]SUNY”>School of Education | SUNY New Paltz)</p>

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<p>There are a lot of liberal arts colleges in Pennsylvania and your 1260 score is in the mid-range for many of them. They may not specifically have education courses, though. If you find those that have mid-range SATs below 1260, you might get merit aid. Ursinus seems provide a lot of merit aid, for example. Look at Gettysburg and Muhlenberg too. University of Connecticut if you can afford the out-of-state tuition, but, of course the NY State schools as well.</p>

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<p>colgate
hamilton
wesleyan
bard</p>

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<p>Check out Lehigh.</p>

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<p>Colgate, Wesleyan and Lehigh would be pretty big reaches for those SAT scores. Probably Bard and Hamilton too, although I’m not as familiar with them.</p>

<p>Your instate public schools (SUNYs) will be by far the cheapest options for you.</p>

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<p>University of Scranton is worth a peek.</p>

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<p>Neither Colgate nor Hamilton are within 2 1/2 hours of the city.</p>

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<p>Manhattan College? Fordham?</p>

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<p>I agree with susgeek - SUNY New Paltz</p>

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<p>You should consider Ramapo, Mountclair and SUNY Purchase as safety. The SAT score is pretty bad, report here again when you get it up to 21xx so we have a better picture of you. Otherwise Fordham is going to be a reach for you. Of course, if you want to study in Manhattan, CUNY schools, Iona, St. John’s, Adelphi and Pace and on Long Isaland, LIU, Hofstra, SUNY Westbury ect.</p>

<p>All Pa schools will be over your 2.5 hour radius.</p>

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<p>Muhlenberg College. 2 hours from NYC. Good merit $.</p>

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<p>Not all PA schools are over 2.5 hour limit.</p>

<p>Muhlenberg and Scranton both have good merit money. Both in PA.</p>

<p>Mapquest -Scranton to Manhattan : Travel Estimate: 2 hours 21 minutes / 122.96 miles</p>

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<p>St. John’s
Adelphi
Manhattan College
SUNY New Paltz
Marist</p>

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<p>The SAT score is NOT “pretty bad”. And she seems to fit in fine for Fordham’s middle 50% stats: Reading 570-670, Math 560-660, Writing 560-660. Fordham’s avg. gpa is 3.7. With the OP’s gpa of 3.9 plus top 3% class rank, she might be ok. The only problem would be that they may not offer her enough merit money to make it affordable.</p>

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<p>As two other posters have pointed out, this is definitely not true. Even the colleges around Philadelphia (and there are many) are within 2 1/2 hours.</p>

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<p>I kept Fordham off the list because their merit money isn’t great compared to their extremely expensive initial total cost of attending.</p>

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<p>Susquehanna
Dickinson
Sarah Lawrence
Lafayette
Skidmore
Union
ithaca</p>

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<p>union and ithaca are definitely longer than 2.5 hours</p>