Am I LOOKin' GOOD for scholarships?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Female, Age 16, Buffalo, NY, White
Estimated Class Rank: 10-20/275ish<br>
GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 96/100
SAT: M: 640 V: 730 W: 730 (1370/2100)
Total APs by graduation: 6
So far, AP scores: AP European (4)</p>

<p>Classes:<br>
Freshman year:
Biology Honors, 90. Regents Exam, 93
Design Drawing for Production, 100. Exam, 93
Global History I, 94. Exam, 96
English, 95. Exam, 98
Latin, 99. Exam, 99
Math, 90. Exam, 89
Advanced Spanish, 93. Exam, 96</p>

<p>Summer school to get ahead: Global II, 97. Regents Exam, 97</p>

<p>Sophomore year:<br>
English, 100. Exam, 99
Math, 97. Exam, 88 Math A exam: 95
Advanced Spanish, 98. Exam, 99
AP European, 97 Exam, 98, AP: (4)
Advanced Latin, 99. Exam, 95
Earth Science Honors, 93. Exam, 94
Business and Personal Law, 99. Exam, 100</p>

<p>Junior year so far:
AP American, 99
English, 100
AP Government, 97
Advanced Spanish, 95
Advanced Latin, 99
Chemistry Honors, 94
Math, 96</p>

<p>Pretty steady incline in grades...</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>Freshman year:
~ Class President
~ Principal's Advisory Council
~ Pep Club, Ambassadors' Circle, a couple others...can't remember...
~ JV Cheerleading (Most Improved award, lol)
~ Community service program (25ish hours over summer)
~ Latin award: Summa cumma laude - National Latin Exam</p>

<p>Sophomore year:
~ Student Congress representative
~ Principal's Advisory Council
~ Student Recognition Council (secretary)
~ Environmental Club (secretary)
~ SADD (Officer of Publicity)
~ Best Buddies (Officer of Publicity)
~ JV Cheerleading (MVP award)
~ Town of **** Supervisor's Youth Council
~ Community service program (50-ish hours)
~ Youth Consortium (promoting leadership and wise choices in younger teens)
~ Awards:
~ NY State winner of Essay Contest
~ Published in Parade Magazine: fresh voices
~ Featured: "Someone You Should Know": town newspaper
~ National Latin Exam: Silver Medal
~ Kodak Young Leaders Award
~ HOBY Youth Conference (summer)
~ National Young Leaders Conference (summer) (Assistant Majority Leader of Model Congress)</p>

<p>Junior year:
~ Co-President of Environmental Club
~ Vice-President of SADD Club
~ Student Congress Executive Board
~ Principal's Advisory Council
~ Student Recognition Council
~ Youth voting member of Town Board
~ Youth Consortium
~ Community service program: from summer 2004-present: 100+ hours
~ National Honor Society (maybe President -- running next week)
~ Varsity Cheerleading
~ Keynote Speaker: Junior National Young Leaders Conference
~ Girls State Nominee
~ 2006 NY State winner Lewis and Clark essay contest</p>

<p>~ WORK: Busser at restaraunt (May 2005-present, 12 hours a week)<br>
Only member of family employed at moment due to father's cancer
Hostess at another restaraunt (Jan. 2006-present, 7-8 hours a week)</p>

<p>Also, neither parent went to college...if that helps?</p>

<p>What are some good places I'd have a chance at scholarships?</p>

<p>Thanks guys! You are the experts!
~Elaina~</p>

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<p>Well you have a good shot at a whole bunch of schools, but some schools that gave out money to current seniors at my schools with similar stats are:
Emory University (got a full ride), Tulane (got a lot of money), American University (got ~$25,000), George Washington University (not sure how much), Vanderbilt University (one of their special scholarships, not sure which one, they have a bunch: ingram, chancellors, etc.), USC (presidential or trustee, something like that), Wake Forest (full ride), Georgia Tech (a lot), Boston University (trustee scholarship, full ride I think), U Florida, South Carolina, Catholic University of America. </p>

<p>BTW, these are all merit-based. From what you've mentioned, It seems like you would qualify for a lot of financial aid, which schools offer to anyone in need who is accepted (doesn't matter if your the best or worst of the admitees). I hope this helped...Good Luck!</p>

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<p>thanks! are you sure I've got similar stats? lol those are some heafty scholarships you listed!</p>

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<p>Emory, USC, BU, will only give very few full rides or full tuition, and to compete for those (not guaranteed), you would need top 3-5%, 2300+. However, with your stats you should get merit money from a lot of places, just not the very top end schools. (Example - I didn't get merit money from BU w/ 3.74, 2160 sat/ 33ACT.) But, they gave me way over my EFC in need-based aid. Again with my stats, I got $10k from Fordham, but no money from Lehigh. I got no money from Emory either, since I didn't do Emory scholars application, but looking at others' stats here, it seems like you need about a 3.9, 2250 to get a lower end scholarship from there. (Few k's)</p>

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<p>what are some schools I WOULD get money from...not top schools but which others?</p>

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<p>Look at all schools you are interested in, if your SAT is well above their 75th percentile, and your gpa/class rank are above their average, you will get money. (They higher up your stats = more money most likely.)</p>

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<p>What about for these schools? If I list them, could you give me an estimate if I would/or would not get merit aid?</p>

<p>~ Univ. of Delaware
~ American University
~ Ohio University, Athens
~ Miami University, Ohio
~ Univ. of Pittsburgh
~ Tulane University
~ Vanderbilt University
~ East Carolina University
~ Clemson University
~ Emory University
~ Ithaca College
~ Cornell University
~ Notre Dame
~ Xavier University (OH)</p>

<p>Thanks!!</p>

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<p>Delaware-yes, medium
American- yes, medium
Ohio- yes, medium
Miami- yes, small
Pitt- yes, small
Tulane- yes, small
Vanderbilt- maybe
East Carolina- probably
Emory- maybe
Ithaca- i don't know
Cornell- you need to get in
Notre Dame- maybe
Xavier- yes, medium</p>

<p>all rough estimates</p>

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<p>You wouldn't get any merit aid from Notre Dame, because they don't award merit scholarships. They use all of their money for financial aid, and from what I've heard, are pretty generous, if you need it.</p>

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<p>Delaware-yes
American- yes
Ohio- yes
Miami- some
Pitt- some
Tulane- some
Vanderbilt- unlikely
East Carolina- maybe
Emory- unlikely
Ithaca- some
Cornell- no merit aid
Notre Dame- no merit aid
Xavier- yes</p>

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<p>Thanks guys! What are some schools you could suggest where I would get good (large amounts) of aid? What schools would appreciate a 4.0, 1370, and solid leadership ECs (and reward with money!)</p>

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<p>Bowling Green, you'd get a full ride
<a href="http://go2.bgsu.edu/choose/aid/scholarships/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://go2.bgsu.edu/choose/aid/scholarships/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Both my parents went there^, and I got the same thing</p>

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<p>THANKS! very helpful. what else? :-)</p>

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<p>Check out:</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=63770&highlight=state+universities%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=63770&highlight=state+universities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Bumppppppppppppp</p>

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<p>What are you interested in studying/what kind of school are you looking for? Big/little/LAC/University/engineering/social sciences/etc etc.</p>

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<p>i'm interested in business/psych double major, over 5,000 students, great social life...</p>

<p>most of all....ones that will give me $$$$$$</p>

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<p>Bumpppppppp</p>

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<p>this bumping thing gets tiring.</p>