<p>I'm currently a rising senior and a first generation student. First and foremost, My GPA is an 3.0, with a SAT score of 1400 (I know it's low and I'm not proud of it). I have taken AP English which I have averaged about around an 85, and I'm taking AP Microeconomics for my senior year. In my school, students go through a tedious process for AP courses and my school also doesn't offer honor classes. I've done Varsity Track, participated in a Swimming Club, attended a Medical program (Science Pathfinders), and I have a job at a restaurant. My list of colleges include, SUNY Stony Brook, Penn State University, Rutgers University at New Brunswick, Michigan State University and the University of Washington.
I know my chances are most slim with University of Washington ( Kind of a dream college for me at least, and I know the ACT is also required) and Stony Brook considering my low SAT Score.
I'd like to leave myself open to any majors in college but I'm more interested within the Medical professions. Are there any recommendations for me? I really appreciate those in advance whom support me or at the very least, put their own time into reading this. </p>
<p>Have you tried running the Supermatch program on this website - It might help you narrow down some options as SAT score and GPA are items you enter there. It might give you an idea of some schools to take a look at more seriously - Go out and check out their websites and see if you can narrow down a list from there.</p>
<p>Yeah, given your aspirations, your performance in high school is a problem. </p>
<p>Where are you a resident? what can your family afford to pay?</p>
<p>Oh I wasn’t aware of the Supermatch program, thanks! I’ll check it out</p>
<p>I’m currently a resident in New York and I plan to commit to ROTC jkeil911.</p>
<p>The OOS publics are going to be pretty expensive for you. You have some really good in-state and inexpensive publics in NY. I’d start my search there. ROTC is not a guarantee of full-pay, OP. You’ll have to read up on how ROTC scholarships work.</p>
<p>Any chance of retaking the SAT?</p>
<p>AmbiD77 Yeah I can retake the SAT, but I don’t know if I should retake the SAT or take the ACT instead. </p>
<p>I’d say most of those universities are reaches (at least) for you from out-of-state. My son was waitlisted at University of Washington (NJ resident) with 2060 SATs (31 ACT), and all AP/IB classes his junior and senior year. His unweighted GPA was only 3.3-3.4, but his weighted was over 4.0. He had an impressive roster of leadership ECs, also. We were surprised by that outcome, since he was accepted at UC San Diego, which has a reputation for greater selectivity. He even speculated that certain (cough) legal changes in Washington and Colorado might have led to higher (pun intended) applicant numbers this year. </p>
<p>I don’t think that the ACT is required for the University of Washington… Being an in-state resident I’ve known many graduates who have gotten in with only SAT scores. It has definitely been more selective in the past few years… especially for OOS. Best of luck!</p>
<p>@goldenyogurt Princeton review has a really good ACT vs SAT book that was super helpful</p>
<p>Michigan State will be 37k, UWA will be 49k, Penn State will be 46k. Per year. No financial aid. Rutgers wouldn’t be better than your in-state options and would be much more expensive, too.
You should be aiming for strong in-state colleges such as New Paltz, Oswego, Oneonta, Plattsburgh (safety) or NYIT (match), CSI (match, and they have brand-new dorms). You can apply to Bing as a reach.
For someone interested in health professions, which I assume may be PT or PA for instance, check out St Michael’s in Vermont, UScranton, Juniata (which has about half students preparing for health professional schools, with a high degree of success), Elizabethtown, Goucher, Stonehill, Washington (Maryland), McDaniel, Hiram.
If you’re a girl, check out Chatham College in Pittsburgh, since they have a Pre PA program - but you’d need to raise your test scores and keep up your grades senior year.
Go to each college’s website and read a little, then find the Net Price Calculator, enter your parents’ financial and see which ones would be the cheapest for you.
You should either retake the SAT or take the ACT, but don’t apply to college with this score, it’d hurt your application. There’s an ACT in early September, registration deadline is August 8, and you could study between now and then. Prepare seriously for a couple months with a prep book + “Real SAT” or “Real ACT”+ number2.com + Question of the day. Identify your most frequent mistakes and practice, practice, practice. Do the same type of question until you know how to answer correctly, forward backwards and hanging upside down 
. Do all the sample tests and all the tests in the “Real SAT/ACT” book. Aim for a 1600.</p>
<p>Ole Miss.</p>
<p>With the GPA and scores you have now, you could go to one of the Penn State branch campuses, then go to the main campus for the last 2 years, but Penn State tuition is very high for out-of-state students. Edinboro University of Pennsylvania would be a less costly alternative, as it is currently offering OOS tuition just slightly higher than IS tuition. However, the SUNY or CUNY schools will most likely be your best and most affordable choices. Are any of those within commuting distance?</p>
<p>Thanks a lot @MYOS1634 for evaluating the prices at my selected colleges. Just from that I think I am going to lean towards affordable schools. I think I am going to try for the ACT since I already have a waiver for it. @Kidzncatz Thanks for the advice but transferring isn’t really an option for me, even if it is just between campuses. But I appreciate it and with the SUNY schools, I’ll look forward to campus instead. But I’ll take commute into consideration also. Thanks guys. </p>