Any chance for top-tier school scholarships with 2300 SAT?

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<p>I want to go to law school and am trying to put myself in the best position to do that. However, money is a bit of a factor for me. So, I wanted to see what kinds of scholarships I could get from, say, top-20 schools. (I totally understand that I'm not going to be able to get a full-ride scholarship to an elite school).</p>

<p>SAT:
2300 (CR: 780, M: 750, W: 770)
1530/1600</p>

<p>GPA:
4.0 UW</p>

<p>AP Classes:
4 so far (all 5's)
Taking 6 senior year</p>

<p>Mediocre extracurricular activities--some pretty neat research internships for the past 2 summers, coaching soccer for the past 4 summers, and varsity soccer for 4 years in high school.</p>

<p>I'm trying to put myself into position to go to the best possible law school I can, and I think that starts with going to a good undergrad college!</p>

<p>Thanks, and any information helps a ton!</p>

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<p>Well the ivies don’t offer merit scholarships so we can rule them out. And you look like a very unlikely candidate to win merit scholarships from schools like Duke And WashU in st Louis. The ones who win merit scholarships are the very best of the applicant pool- not just top grades and excellent test scores but also have outstanding ECs or awards and well rounded and essays. You certainly are a very competitive candidate at top 20 schools but I seriously doubt you will receive any substantial scholarships at top 20 schools.</p>

<p>There are some schools a knotched below where you could receive substantial scholarships- USC is one. And excellent school and so is Rice university. State schools too usually offer some merit scholarships and full rides. </p>

<p>In the meantime you should try some Financial aid calculators at the schools you are interested in (they are usually pretty accurate) and you may end up receiving enough need based financial aid anyway.</p>

<p>Since you are serious about law school, it really doesn’t matter much here you went for undergrad- your GPA and LSAT score wil by far be the 2 most important factors. You may be better served getting a full ride or near full ride at a state school or lower tiered school and getting a very high gpa there while paying little than attending a more competitive university that will be harder to get a high gpa (and may be more expensive).</p>

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<p>Well, here is the automatic full tuition and full ride scholarship list:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>OP,
are you looking for merit aid only, or does your family qualify for financial aid as well?</p>

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<p>Merit only, but not necessarily full-ride.</p>

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<p>Take a look at Emory.</p>