<p>Have you considered Sarah Lawrence?</p>
<p>Although I have to echo SLUMOM’S point about the cost of flying back and forth across the country - be sure to keep that in mind.</p>
<p>I have read all the previous posts and I think that the following schools would be a good match for your goals and personality:</p>
<p>1) Reed
2) Wellesley
3) Smith
4)Swarthmore/Haverford/Bryn Mawr
5) Macalester</p>
<p>I would not worry too much about the
general education requirements. That is one of the benefits of a liberal arts college. By having excellent teachers in a wide variety of courses, it will make you a more well-rounded person. Also, classes such as philosophy, English literature, foreign languages will improve such areas as writing skills, critical thinking and oral presentation skills.</p>
<p>“My family makes somewhere between 75,000 and 95,000 a year and they deffiniately cannot pay much for my schooling.”</p>
<p>OP’s family does not come across as being able to come up with travel costs etc.
OP, have you even done a calculation of your EFC with your family?</p>
<p>*My family makes somewhere between 75,000 and 95,000 a year and they deffiniately cannot pay much for my schooling. *</p>
<p>This shows up in post #20. Why don’t students post such very pertinent info right from the beginning. The amount a family can pay is very CRUCIAL as to where a student should apply. There’s no point to creating lists if many/none of the schools will be affordable. </p>
<p>Many/most schools on your list will NOT work if your family cannot pay much when it has a decent income.</p>
<p>**Getting accepted and finding the right “fit” are not the only major concerns you need to have. College is expensive and polices are such that families are expected to be the primary payers. ** </p>
<p>Mariner…YOU need a strategy and a list that takes into account your budget and your stats. What good will it do you to have a bunch of acceptances if they all expect your parents to pay a lot more than they can pay??? Because you have a financial limitation, you may have to sacrifice some aspect to your desired schools.</p>
<p>1) With that income level, the amount that your family will be expected to pay will likely be about $15-20k per year or so. The amount could be more since most schools do NOT meet need.</p>
<p>2) You need to ask your parents NOW how much they can contribute to college each year. the bottom line is…if they don’t have much money left-over each month, then likely they won’t be able to contribute much or anything. </p>
<p>3) If your parents tell you that they can only pay - say - $5k per year - then obviously you will need to have a list that takes that into consideration. When families cannot afford to pay the expected contribution, then the student needs to look at schools where his stats will get him large merit scholarships.</p>
<p>What is your Math + CR SAT? Are you going to test again? Are you going to take the ACT? Since money is an issue, you need the highest stats possible, so take both tests.</p>
<p>Looks like you have a good list now. Hope you can visit the majority before applying, or at least your top picks. Also, start to really think about cost and be sure that it’s worth applying. UC schools are $50K a year for OOS. UCSC did offer my son a presidential scholarship, but that only takes off about 5K per year (20K over 4 years). We were suprised actually that 3 of the 4 kids from his High School that applied to UCSC got in OOS (son also got into UCSB in honors college). 2 are going to UCSC next fall. Son is staying instate VA, but anyway just wanted to tell you that cost may be a great place to start to narrow down your list (schools that don’t offer much in merit or need based aid ?). Next, narrow down by Major/programs of study.</p>