<p>I have a number of colleges in mind, but most of them are reaches (with 1ish guaranteed safety). </p>
<p>Which match schools should I be looking at for finance with my stats:</p>
<p>3.60 UW GPA
4.55 South Carolina GPA
Class rank of 8/320 (top 2.5%)
Most rigorous courseload by far (15 AP and IB classes, 9 honors)
IB Diploma Candidate</p>
<p>2040 SAT Score
(650 R, 720 M, 670 W)
31 ACT Score
(31 W, 32 M, 32 R, 28 S) waiting on writing</p>
<p>Part time job (25 hrs/wk)
President Mu Alpha Theta
VP of National Honor Society
50 hours of Humane Society volunteer work
Beta Club member
Junior Marshall (usher at graduation)
Palmetto Boys State Delegate
AP Scholar with Honor</p>
<p>I'm planning on applying to:
Clemson University
Lehigh
Rhodes College
Johns Hopkins
Brown
Emory
Boston College</p>
<p>Any other suggestions for match-level schools?</p>
<p>Is Clemson your financial safety? IF so, are you sure that you have all costs covered? Clemson has a very high instate cost.</p>
<p>Yes, Clemson is my financial (and academic) safety.</p>
<p>Clemson is $22,600 per year for instate students, including tuition, room, board, books and fees. I qualify for the South Carolina Palmetto Fellows scholarship which guarantees $7500 each year for four years. Clemson will give an additional $2500 year because I have that scholarship. Although I haven’t achieved it yet (waiting on Oct SAT results, will retake if not 1400+), Clemson offers and additional $2500 per year for 32/1400+ test scores.</p>
<p>This guaranteed (once I achieve a high enough score) $12,500 deduction in tuition will leave a cost of $10,000 per year. With AP and IB credits, I can omit one year, and with a small amount already in savings, I will easily be debt free by graduation with a part time job.</p>
<p>UMiami, Tulane, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, maybe UMich but not Ross auto admit.</p>
<p>Thanks for the opinions. </p>
<p>What do you guys think of the low GPA compared to everything else?</p>
<p>Your rank shows it’s a rigorous school which offsets the GPA.</p>
<p>Michigan (even if not direct admit to Ross) is probably a reach for an OOS student with these stats.</p>