What are some colleges that meet 100% of need?
You can easily google this. All of the Ivies do, Emory does. There aren’t many that do and they are the most competitive schools to get into.
You can google the list and then use the net price calculators. Remember that need is determined by the school, and not by the family.
Most or all of these colleges offer to meet full demonstrated financial need: https://myintuition.org/.
We used the list on college greenlight a lot last year, you can google to find it.
You’ve posted several times about finding some good colleges for your stats, that would come with merit money.
You’ve also received several good suggestions on your previous posts, but you don’t seem to be willing to follow through on those suggestions. Why?
Since you are so concerned about your finances and your parents will be taking out loans for you, why don’t you just stay instate?
OP looking at your past posts, you’d be hard pressed with a 3.6 unweighted GPA to get into a needs met school. If you need me merit and want to go out of state I would look at Alabama and University of Arizona. Maybe Miami of Ohio.
@“aunt bea” I am very grateful for everyone’s advice and do follow through on all suggestions given. I often fail to comment back on my findings. I would love to stay in state however the cost for my state schools is very similar to that of some OOS schools. For that reason, I am very open to looking around to find the best option for me and my family. Finances are the #1 deciding factor in my college search which proves very limiting for my selection.
@collegemom9 I was under the impression that these schools used a weighted gpa?
While schools will certainly take into account your rigor, your grades are more important. Some schools will calculate a core, unweighted gpa for all applicants to have a standard base of comparison.
I agree that the schools that meet full need are reaches for you with a 3.6 unweighted…that is below the average GPA for all of those schools, probably below the 25% mark at a number of them.
@Mwfan1921 just to clarify, these schools use an unweighted gpa?
Due to high variability in HS weighting systems, colleges often show UW GPAs when reporting their statistics. As an example of a highly selective college, Colgate registers an average GPA of 3.82 out of 4.0, presumably unweighted, for admitted students.
https://www.colgate.edu/admission-financial-aid/first-year-class-profile
Thanks! I recently received the update that my cumulative unweighted gpa is 3.9 and weighted is 4.9.
On 5/17/19 you said your unweighted GPA was 3.6. I don’t think it would be possible for your unweighted GPA to go from 3.6 to 3.9 in that time, or even from end of soph to end of junior year. Take your core courses (E, Sci, SS, M, FL) and calculate the GPA on a 4.0 scale—A, A- =4, B+, B, B- = 3 and so on, then divide by the number of courses and that is your unweighted GPA. Do not include gym and electives in your calculations.
@chri55555 Because every high school weights differently it’s hard to use weighted GPA. For a needs met school you’d need to have close to a perfect unweighted GPA. They want to see mostly A’s with the most rigorous course load your school offers.
As far as your increase goes, I don’t see how you could have a gain like that in even one year.
3.6 was my estimate of my gpa. I was very surprised to see that it was actually a 3.9!
@chri55555 A 3.9 by the start of senior year means you had 1 maybe 2 B+s total . My son had a 3.8 and that included 3 B+’s total. If you took out freshman year (as the school he’s attending does) he had a 3.9 with one B+. I can’t imagine how your estimate could be that off. If you had a stellar junior year with all A’s in honors or AP classes then your weighted GPA could make that climb but not your unweighted. I would suggest being honest here and with yourself if you’re looking for applicable advice. Best of luck in your search.
@collegemom9 Thank you for all of your help! I apologize for any confusion, the previous GPA stated(3.6) was my estimate. I was notified today that it is in fact a 3.9. I never had a 3.6, so I never made any jump.
To be clear, then, you have been nearly a straight-A student throughout high school?
Yes, I have only ever received 3 b+s. 2 were in honors classes (chem and algebra) and 1 was in AP US History. Every class I have taken has either been honors or AP except gym and Spanish 1& 2.