<p>I am a white male in Florida (probably won't qualify for financial aid as parents overall make pretty well over 100k a year)
Stats: 4.0 UW GPA, 4.65 Weighted
Class Rank 7/537
ACT 33:
Math 33
Eng 33
Reading 33
Writing 31 (Essay 6)</p>
<p>SAT 1990 (retaking saturday but probably won't submit)
Math 600
Reading 660
Writing 700</p>
<p>EC's aren't too impressive (thus some safeties) but:
120-140 service hours
National Honor Society
Mu Alpha Theta
Working 16-20 hours a week as manager for a concession stand
Involvement in many breast cancer events (mom had it)
Department awards at school in US Gov and Physics H
Maybe will join another club or two</p>
<p>Schools (major either applied math w/CS, economics, or business. Not positive yet):
Florida (in-state)
Florida State (in-state)
UNC
Duke
Georgia Tech
Virginia
Michigan
Purdue
Georgia (maybe)
Alabama
UCF (in-state)
UCLA
USC
Stanford
Clemson (maybe)
South Carolina (maybe)</p>
<p>I threw in some reaches, matches, and safeties both academically and financially so I have my options open once decision time comes along. Any suggestions for more schools or simple advice?</p>
<p>@siliconvalleymom yes I have run some of them and I see they are very expensive, but my parents are letting me apply to as many schools as possible in order to maybe come across a scholarship so why not? Should I maybe replace a couple with Vandy or Wake Forest as privates give more aid sometimes?</p>
<p>Each application will take time for you to complete, and cost you an application fee and fees to send your test scores. The best reason not to apply to a school that is not a financially viable choice is that it uses up the time and money better spent on another college.
Are you looking for merit aid?</p>
<p>The 4.0 and the 33 should get you some automatics you should consider, some of them like Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina already on your list.</p>
<p>I Would take Stanford, USC, UCF, Michigan, purdue, Virginia and uNC off the List.
You won’t get into Stanford, USC would be to expensive if you got in (with a 150000 dollar income, can you afford a 65.000 dollar cost of attendance?), iCF seems superfluous if you are applying to both UF and FSU, and all the out-of-state flagships will be prohibitively expensive and/or you won’t get in (UVA and UNC).
Research scholarships ahead of time and don’t just hope that you will get some the university of alabama offers marvelous merit aid and probably UF and FSU will be very affordable as well. With such great options, I wouldn’t apply to many more colleges. </p>
<p>Look at stats for South Carolina’s honors college - you are probably in the range with the ACT 33 (definitely a better score than SAT) although may not have enough EC. Really good essays could help you here. Also look at money matters information - that score might get you OOS tuition waiver and make the cost equal to many in-state schools.</p>
<p>First, make sure that you have a safety that you know that you can afford on list price, need-based aid, and/or automatic-for-stats merit scholarships, and which you are certain of admission.</p>
<p>Then check to see what large-enough merit scholarships exist at the schools that are too expensive otherwise. Base your reach/match/safety assessment on the chance of the merit scholarship, not admission, since admission without the merit scholarship would be a financial rejection.</p>
<p>Put U Arizona on your list!! Good merit based aid for OOS students. I would agree to take Stanford, USC, UNC, Duke off your list. Too much extra work for these schools’ application processes based on your stats that they should be high reaches… Best of luck! </p>
the university of alabama offers marvelous merit aid and probably UF and FSU will be very affordable as well. With such great options, I wouldn’t apply to many more colleges. </p>