<p>White from income bracket under 50k. 3.8 unweighted gpa. I wont have many APs because I go to a small Lutheran school and dont have the option. I do take as rigorous a courseload as I can. I scored a 35 on my act, but only a 6 on the writing. I was feeling tired and unmotivated by the time writing rolled around. I expect to be captain of the football team, student council for 3 years, president of my schools NHS, and heavy involvement with my FIRST robotics team. Im interested in computer science/engineering/finance. I would be willing to apply early action to a school but need ro decide which one. These schools are also all of my reaches, I do have safety schools.</p>
<p>You may EA at UChicago if you are confident in your essay-writing skills… but keep in mind that NWU has ED.</p>
<p>Bump. Im also participating in Badger Boys State through the american legion. 1% are selected for this leadership program. I would also appreciate suggestions for sime good match schools</p>
<p>UChicago: high reach
NW: mid reach
Don’t know about Carlton. </p>
<p>Bump. Could I also add Cornell to this list? Any suggestions for match schools would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Bump. Please? I would appreciate any input on anything or suggestions for match schools. I also forgot to add I work 20 hours a week during school and 40 during the summer.</p>
<p>If you’re still looking for good schools, try asking in the College Search & Selection forum. They give great advice and information on how to create a balanced college list!</p>
<p>Neither Carleton nor U of Chicago have engineering as a major, nor do they have an undergraduate finance major. I am going to guess you are from the Midwest and just picked those out as “top” schools. They are actually very different schools. U of Chicago is looking for an intellectual spark in their applicants. Northwestern leans more pre-professional. And Carleton is an LAC in a small town with a completely different feel from the other two. i would say Carleton and Northwestern are low reaches, U of Chicago is a high reach.</p>
<p>You would have to give more info to get match suggestions. Other than the majors you listed, what else are you looking for? (Hard to tell given how different your 3 reach schools are, other than that they are highly ranked schools in the Midwest). What state do you live in, and what is your financial situation?</p>
<p>Im from a low income family in the Midwest (>40k). Im really not totally sure what I want in a school to be honest. Im leaning towards the small liberal arts schools more because I like the personal connections. </p>
<p>low income family…do you have a non-custodial parent? If so, his income (and any new spouse) will be needed to determine aid at the top schools you mention. </p>
<p>does your family have any assets? land, savings, etc?</p>
<p>safety schools MUST be affordable. every year students think they have safeties, but then get lousy aid pkgs since most safeties give lousy aid.</p>
<p>My parents are married and we all live together. They dont have any major assets.</p>
<p>Case Western as a match…</p>
<p>Yes, I agree with @Catria, Case Western is a good choice. What state are you in? If you are in Wisconsin or Minnesota, you would have in-state tuition at both U of W - Madison and U of MN - Twin Cities. </p>
<p>Contrametum, if you are interested in small schools, you have chosen one already: Carleton.</p>
<p>Here are some more quality LACs in the area:</p>
<p>Grinnell
Macalester
St. Olaf
Beloit
Lawrence
Gustavus Adolphus
Cornell College</p>
<p>The “business” major at these schools will not be Business Administration or Finance; it’ll be Economics.</p>
<p>Obviously U Chicago and Northwestern have world-class Economics (and related MBA) programs. But if you are after small classes, you.might want to look into some of the liberal arts schools mentioned above.</p>
<p>None of those colleges have engineering, though.</p>
<p>You asked about Cornell University.</p>
<p>To me, they are a peer of Northwestern and just a hair below the U of Chicago.</p>
<p>In terms of Comp Sci and Engineering, the liberal arts schools will not offer as many classes. In fact, most LACs do not offer an Engineering major.</p>
<p>Schools known for Engineering (at the Bachelor degree level) in the area are Purdue, U of Illinois, UW-Madison, and U of Minnesota – all huge schools.</p>
<p>The closest thing you could get to an Engineering degree at a LAC would be to go heavy in the sciences and math, particularly Physics.</p>
<p>Try Penn. It’s a peer school of UofC with about the same admissions difficulty. They have a pretty good comp sci program from what i understand. </p>
<p>Penn is slightly easier to get into (12.2% accepted for 2013 vs. 8.8% for U of Chicago). But both are reaches.</p>
<p>I think Carelton and Grinnell would be my top choices now. Im willing to give up engineering and just major in computer science at either of those. Chance me for them?</p>
<p>You have the grades and test scores to get into either, I would say Grinnell is a match and Carleton a high match. You probably should visit if you haven’t, though. And run the net price calculators. If your parents won’t help at all with college expenses, you still may find them unaffordable.</p>