Colleges where I could get some nice $

College Search & Selection
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Could someone decide what colleges I could get some generous merit scholarships at? I’m from NC. I already applied to Carolina, state, and east carolina and I ruled out uncw, app state, and the other UNC schools (for other reasons).
-Financially, my family isn’t poor, but let’s just assume i’m dependent on merit scholarships and fin aid

Would be nice if the college:
-Is public or private (don’t care about that)
-Urban or suburban
-Co-ed
-Not too big in terms of student body size like Ohio State
-Preferably to the east of the U.S.
-Has a study abroad program (a good one too would be nice)
-Copied this from a different post made by a different person but I also agree with: “I am definitely looking for a well-regarded school with challenging curriculum” (I also wanted to add: not too cut-throat because i’m on the pre-med track)
(can provide more info if needed)

-Asian male, senior, going for a major in Bio

-GPA: (UW 3.65, W 4.3)
-My class rank is pretty low (top 30%), but a strong reason comes from the fact that my class is highly competitive (we’re not highly ranked, although I think our school is the best in our county).
-SAT: 1370 (670 ER&W, 700 M)
-Total APs by graduation: 6 -Current year 3 (Calc AB and BC, Bio)

–ECs
-Volunteering (11,12)
-Band (9-12)
-SkillsUSA (11,12) Officer (12)
-JV Track (11,12)

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To get significant merit aid with your stats you would look at USNews colleges ranked below 50.

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How much merit money do you need?
If you want full tuition (or better) have a look here:
http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com/
(but note that in some cases the application deadlines have passed, or else your scores are a little below the threshold).

If a smaller discount would be enough, consider some of these:
http://competitivefulltuition.yolasite.com/
(but note that some of these schools are more selective than the ones listed above)

In your case, the best cost-management strategy may be to focus on in-state public schools such as the ones you mentioned.

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Probably bigger than you want but have a look at FSU - decent ranking and your stats may qualify for the OOS tuition waiver and Freshman scholarship bringing tuition to approx $4100. Also a great med school and I’m sure some programs to give you exposure to it while undergrad.

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Elon right there in NC.