Chance/ Reverse Chance me for Rice/ other colleges

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Demographics
Undocumented/ soon to be DACA recipient
State/Location of residency: Texas
Type of high school: Competitive early college high school
Gender/Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic male
Other special factors: First-gen income of $40000 or so

Intended Major(s): Civil engineering or urban planning

GPA, Rank, and Test Scores
Unweighted HS GPA: 3.97/4.0
Weighted HS GPA (incl. weighting system): 4.63/5.0
Class Rank: Top 10%
ACT/SAT Scores:
ACT 35
SAT 1540

Coursework
Freshman: AP Physics 3
AP Human geography 4
Sophomore: Dual Credit Pre Calculus
AP Bio 3
Dual Credit World History
Junior
AP Calc AB
Dual Credit Chemistry
AP Spanish
Senior (planned)
AP Calc BC
The other AP Spanish
Dual Credit Physics

Extracurriculars
HOSA freshman sophomore
UIL social studies sophomore
Trinity river turtles program sophomore
Volunteer at local library sophomore
Learned German to a semi fluent level
Sometimes caretaker for my dad (multiple sclerosis)
Work second semester of Junior year/ this summer

Essays/LORs/Other
I think I can write pretty well

Cost Constraints / Budget
0 efc

Schools
ED to Rice
Recommendations please
DACA recipients are not eligible for FAFSA or student loans, so most costs will be out of pocket
I’m considering applying through questbridge

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If your EFC is zero, QB is a good opportunity for you. Otherwise, hit the colleges with meetings 100% need.

It’s Rice - so you have a chance but not a great chance. Your profile is excellent though.

Here’s Every College That Offers 100% Financial Aid (prepscholar.com)

These are the schools you should be looking at…with a $0 EFC. But QB the way to go too.

You need a safety as a backup - so can be a local state school or if chasing aid, a U of Arizona, Alabama, Arkansas, or Mississippi State have great scholarships.

Get on the email lists for schools - Chicago, WUSTL, and Washington & Lee are three top schools that will give you free app fee waivers. Other schools will give to you if your counselor signs off, etc.

Good luck.

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Closing since OP made a new thread.

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