Chance me for full scholarships/good aid deals

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a rising senior in a small town in upstate NY. My dream schools are Stanford and MIT, but realistically, I'm hoping for somewhere I can get a full or almost full tuition scholarship, as I'm upper-middle class (little to no demonstrable need) but I don't want to take out many loans. I'm looking at BU, Northeastern, U of R, Syracuse, NYU, possibly UCLA or Berkeley. Any recommendations of places with good scholarship offers is appreciated.</p>

<p>Stats:
- Rank: 5/138
- White Male
- Public School
- Income: 150-200k
- GPA: 98.07 (school doesn't do weighted)</p>

<p>Scores (All one sitting):
- PSAT: 228
- SAT: 2290 (780 M, 760 W, 750 CR, 8 essay)
- ACT: 35 (36 Reading, 35s on the rest)
- SATII: Math I (800), Math II (800), World History (790), Physics (790), Bio M (740, 9th grade)
- AP Exams: US History, World History, Physics B (all 5s)
- APs this year: Calculus, Comp Sci self-study</p>

<p>Courses (H = honors, C = college, AP = duh):</p>

<p>Freshmen:
- English
- Bio (H)
- Farsi
- Spanish
- Global History
- Geometry (H)
- Drawing and Design - a CAD course (C)</p>

<p>Sophomore:
- English
- World History (AP)
- German
- Spanish
- Microbiology (C)
- Algebra 2/Trig (H) (Only 100 on state regents exam in school)
- Health (required)</p>

<p>Junior
- English
- US History (AP)
- Physics (AP)
- Science Olympiad (should point out I was integral in making this a class)
- German
- Digital Electronics (C)
- Precalculus (C)</p>

<p>Senior schedule (several are half-year courses)
- Calculus (AP)
- Health (required)
- Advanced Writing
- Film and Literature
- Public Speaking
- US Government
- WWII history
- Economics (C)
- Principles of Engineering (C)
- Spanish
- Chemistry, at the local college</p>

<p>Extracurricular:
- Programming: C# + XNA, all self-taught. Published first Xbox Indie Game in summer before 10th grade, about to publish second, with money going to charity. Also some iOS and some web design.
- Science Olympiad - On 1st team in 9th grade, helped found class in 11th, president this year, 3-time regional champs with several personal medals as well
- Class president 9th and 10th grade
- Local Mission of Hope to Nicaragua - went on week long mission in Feb, selling aforementioned game to raise money for it.
- Sports: I've done pretty much every sport our school has: JV football (captain + QB, but never won a game so I stopped), JV hoops, JV baseball, V indoor track, V swim, V XC, V golf
- Other: MUN, NHS, Key Club</p>

<p>Awards:
- Science Olympiad stuff, but all in our crappy region. Best finish at states was 14th team in NY, 8th individual.
- MATHCOUNTS, 8th grade: 1st place individual + team in the (crappy) chapter, top 40 at states (I thought it was good at the time)
- Regional Science Fair champs with a classmate in 9th grade
- National Merit Semifinalist, finalist (probably)</p>

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<p>Maybe I should point out that last year, our school sent one kid to Harvard, but it was the first time that’s happened in at least 7 or 8 years. Usually, our top kids go to places like Hamilton, St. Laurence, or Alabama (like this year’s valedictorian).</p>

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<p>With that income, I don’t see any of those places giving you a full ride. You’d have to go a lot deeper in the pool to get a full ride.</p>

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<p>Have you considered RPI? They would likely give you merit aid, and it’s an excellent school without being too far away.</p>

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<p>Ok, maybe not full ride, but good merit scholarships. For example, I know that Northeastern offers up to a full tuition scholarship for national merit finalists. Also, they, along with BU, U of R, and Syracuse, all do have purely merit-based full ride scholarships, but idk if my stats are good enough to get them.</p>

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<p>OMG ur stats are AMAZING!!
But you do have a very high income bracket…
I bet you will prob get decent scholarships in the elite schools but if you want a full ride, you should try a state school</p>

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<p>Hi OP,
didn’t I suggest USC to you a while back on another thread? If you’re applying to UCLA, then there’s no reason to not apply to USC, which is now ranked in a virtual tie with UCLA . Deadline for Merit scholarship $$$ consideration is Dec 1. You’ll receive a NMF 1/2 tuition scholarship automatically if accepted, and could be considered for one of the 200 or so full tuition scholarships. With that kind of money [$90,000-180,000] at stake, is there any reason not to apply?</p>

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<p>I think questbridge gives out good scholarships? idk, I’m not applying for aid sorry.</p>

<p>Also, don’t include mathcounts as it only applies to middle schoolers and colleges don’t and won’t care.</p>

<p>Def stress making Sci Olympiad a class cause that sounds impressive. Good stats and courses! </p>

<p>Good luck applying!</p>

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<p>Income: 150-200k= no questbridge.</p>

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<p>@melnopark, right, I think I do, thanks. I’ll definitely look at USC. Is that 200+ full tuition scholarships per class? If so, that’s ridiculous!</p>

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<p>“Is that 200+ full tuition scholarships per class? If so, that’s ridiculous!”
yup, with the addition of the Mork scholarships starting this year! last year there were “only” 146 full tuition and 399 1/2 tuition scholarships awarded [ including the 245 scholarships for NMF’s who matriculated there] -</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/1011/FreshmanProfile2010.pdf[/url]”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/1011/FreshmanProfile2010.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>here’s a list of the scholarships offered this year</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/fa/private/docs/1112/uscScholarships1213.pdf[/url]”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/fa/private/docs/1112/uscScholarships1213.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>JUST BE SURE you ALSO complete part 1 of your application [ which is basic stuff] BY OCT 15!!</p>

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<p>Can someone chance me for Stanford & MIT? Ik it’s mostly a crapshoot, but am I the type of kid they’d let in?</p>

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<p>I think Northeastern gives full tuition with NMF (not guaranteed, but I think the unofficially give it to most NMF’s)</p>

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<p>You will not get any full-tuition or even close-to-full-tuition scholarships from either Berkeley or UCLA.</p>

<p>The Regents Scholarships consider financial need in the award amount, and with your family income, you will get only a small honorarium - a couple thousand dollars, at most.</p>

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<p>I’m posting a meaningless reply so that my thread will be moved (“bumped”) to the top of the recently updated threads queue, in the hopes that forum-browsers may be more likely to notice it, and said thread may receive more replies.</p>