Chance Me! Help!

White Female
State: Florida
School Type: Public (previous Title I School)
Rank: Top 4%

Weighted: 3.83
Unweighted: 4.74
SAT: 1340 (will retake)
SAT Subject Tests: Planning on taking Math I, World
ACT: 30

Classes:
Freshman Year - Pre IB English, Pre IB Bio, Algebra 2, French 1 Honors, Culinary Arts 1, Accounting Applications Honors, AP Human Geography (4)
Sophomore Year - Pre IB English 2, Chemistry Honors, AP Stats (3), French 2 Honors, Creative Photography, Intro to Financial Operations Honors, AP World (4)
Junior Year - IB English HL/AP Lang (4 on AP Test), IB Bio SL, IB Math Studies SL (4), IB French HL, Personal Financial Literacy (Semester 1), IB TOK (Semester 2), Intro to Financial Planning Honors, APUSH (2)
Senior Year Course Load - IB English HL, IB Bio SL, IB French HL, IB TOK, IB History of the Americas, IB Geography, Financial Technology Honors

Extracurriculars:
⁃ DECA (3x Chapter President, Current State Officer)
⁃ President/Founder of Project Positivity (Complete Public Relations Project)
⁃ President of The Colonel Confectionary (School Based Enterprise, completely rebranded during my sophomore year, won international comp)
⁃ District Career Technical Education Student Advisory Board Member
⁃ Key Club (3x Member, Ex-Event Coordinator)
⁃ National French Honor Society (3x Member, Current Treasurer)
⁃ National Art Honor Society (3x Member)
⁃ Drama Club (Make-Up Artist for 3 Shows, Cast for 2)
⁃ Student Advisory Committee (4x Member)

Honors/Awards:
⁃ 2017 NSLI-Y Russian Summer Finalist and Attendee
⁃ DECA District Award Winner (3x)
⁃ 5th Place at DECA States
⁃ 8th Place at DECA ICDC (International Competition)
⁃ Congrés Du La Culture Française en Floride Competitor (2x)
⁃ Academy of Finance Student
⁃ Intuit Quickbooks Certified
⁃ IB Diploma Candidate
⁃ School’s Finance Student of The Year (2x)
⁃ Honor Roll (Too Many Times to Count)

Major: Business (Not sure exactly what aspect yet)
Recs: IB Coordinator (close relationship), DECA Advisor/Finance Teacher (incredibly close, has written wonderful refs for me in the past), French Teacher (loves me, knows me as a student and leader)

I’m currently looking at the following schools, but I’m open for suggestions on others to apply to! I’m also interested in learning about schools that offer merit aid, however with my test scores and GPA I don’t think I’ll qualify for much.

In-State:
⁃ University of Florida
⁃ University of Central Florida
⁃ University of Tampa

Out-Of-State:
⁃ American University
⁃ Chapman University
⁃ UCLA
⁃ Indiana
⁃ Fordham
⁃ Sarah Lawrence

You are qualified and competitive applicant for UCLA but with a less than 20% acceptance rate consider it a Reach. Also since you are OOS, you will receive no financial aid and they offer little merit aid, so expect to pay $60K/year to attend. If that fits into your budget, definitely worth an application.

Chapman University is a solid match and there you have a decent chance for some merit aid. I would run the Net Price calculator on each schools website to give you an estimate your costs.

Best of luck.