College Search for Junior Friend

College Search & Selection
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<p>I am helping my friend search for colleges. She hasn't started looking and I said I would help her. </p>

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<li>Female</li>
<li>Georgia Resident</li>
<li>Would like to go to college in the Northeast. She does NOT want to stay in GA.</li>
<li>African American</li>
<li>Open to HBCUs </li>
<li>2.9 GPA, with all honors (except math/some science classes). She is taking AP Biology junior year and AP Psychology/maybe AP Lit senior year.</li>
<li>Major in Zoology (open to biology major) </li>
<li>Small College and small class sizes</li>
<li>Urban College</li>
<li>Open to pledging to a sorority </li>
<li>Diverse College</li>
<li>Money isn't a huge deal, but it cannot have a 50k price tag. </li>
<li>Has taken the following science classes: Honors Biology, Chemistry, Physics, AP Biology, and Astronomy. This isn't including senior year.</li>
<li>She went to a magnet school half of freshman year and it ruined her GPA. She has a huge upward trend. She did fail classes due to going to this school. She isn't great in math. Her strengths are science and language arts.
-She hasn't taken the SATs yet.</li>
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<p>My friend is really smart and please do not judge her on her GPA. I am expecting her to have about a 3.1 after this school year. I know there won't be a college which will have everything she wants. She also is not a party girl and has grown up in Georgia with some good Christian values. </p>

<p>Does anyone have suggestions for her? Thanks! I just need her to get a basic list for research. :)</p>

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<p>How about SUNY Oswego or SUNY-ESF?</p>

3

<p>Bump!!!</p>

4

<p>Come back after SAT/ACT…SUNY’s are not out of the question especially for a URM out of Georgia…</p>

5

<p>What is her budget?</p>

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<p>I asked and she told me cost isn’t a problem, but she said it cannot be too expensive.</p>

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<p>That’s not a helpful answer. For most it’s a state school or a close to $50k private. Some OOS publics are in-between but usually are not worth the OOS premium.</p>

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<p>Yes, I know. She honestly told me she does not know. I am thinking the Suny OOS price may fit her bill though.</p>