Im a rising senior at a small private school in the midwest. My family is middle class but we don’t qualify for much/any at all financial aid and Im struggling to find schools where I would be a good fit and be happy but would also qualify for merit aid.
The two schools Ive looked into for Merit are Tulane and the Roddy Scholarship specifically at Providence College. For more background my top choice school is Boston College but Im nervous about aid there, and other schools are Villanova, Georgetown, UMass Amherst, Lehigh, Northwestern, UW Madison, McGill University, and a couple of ivies(Princeton, Cornell, Dartmouth) as high reaches.
GPA: 4.15 W but my school weights on a 4.5 scale and the number of AP’s allowed is controlled. Ive estimated it would be about a 4.35 on a 5 weighted scale and a 3.9ish unweighted(our school only gives weighted)
ACT: 33(33/36/34/30)- retaking this July to get math up
PSAT- 1410(not submitting but I am commended)
SAT- 1450(720/730)- retaking in September because this score was done blindly beginning of Sophomore Year and I won’t submit if below 1500
AP(by end of senior year): AP Psych(4), AP Chem, AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Calc, AP Lang, AP Gov, AP Physics, AP French
EC: Varsity Dance Team for four years and two year captain of both fall and winter teams, Volunteer at local hospital(4 years), Internship at a vision lab at the U of MN(working on a project that I will be published in though probably not before applications are due), National Honors Society, Two week abroad shadowing program in the DR with surgeons, National Chemistry Olympiad Team Member, Summer Program at Georgetown
Awards: National Merit Commended, Villanova book award, Award for Service(3 years), Highest Honor Roll(3 years)
I would love any suggestions for more Match/Safety schools. Thank you!