<p>Does anybody have any recommendations for match schools that would accept my ACT composite score of 28? I scored 31 in writing, 26 on math, 29 on reading and 24 on science.</p>
<p>more info required: gender, unweighted GPA, region limitations, size limitations, kinds of college, etc. check out the first post on this webpage:</p>
<p><a href=“Before you ask which colleges to apply to, please consider - College Search & Selection - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1621234-before-you-ask-which-colleges-to-apply-to-please-consider-p1.html</a></p>
<p>I apologize for my lack of clarity.</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.37 (It’s terrible, and I’ve explained why this is so but people have ignored my explanations for why this is so I do not care to explain it one more time. Please read my previous posts.)
Courseload: Extremely difficult, I am and have taken the hardest courses my high school offers
Goals: Major in computer science and probable minor in neuroscience, MD and/or PhD eventual career coals
Region limitations: No preference (I live in Wisconsin)
Size limitations: No preference
Kind of college: No preference</p>
<p>How much will your parents pay each year? That will likely determine where you should apply.</p>
<p>Your ACT math score is lowish for a CS major. Are you going to be able to make it thru all the math? </p>
<p>What math are you currently taking and how are you doing in it?</p>
<p>Then you’ve heard this before: your GPA is low, the reasons will not matter a great deal, your ACT math score is a concern because CS is math-intensive. I don’t know why you’re asking again, but there are hundred of schools that match your resumé. I’d suggest you have a look here at schools where the median ACT score is about a 26:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.collegesimply.com/guides/26-on-the-act/”>http://www.collegesimply.com/guides/26-on-the-act/</a></p>
<p>and try to narrow the possibilities by not only looking for CS programs but schools you’ll fit well in and schools you’ll be able to afford (run the net price calculators on each school’s financial aid webpage).</p>
<p>@Wheelspawn </p>
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<p>We need to know how much your family will pay.</p>
<p>You also need to figure out which direction is going to be your goal…med school or CS PhD. For both you will need a high GPA, but for med school, you don’t need a lot math which could bring down your GPA as a CS major. </p>
<p>Once we know how much your family can pay, we can better direct you.</p>
<p>I am currently taking AP Statistics. I had an A- last term and I have an A right now.</p>
<p>I took it because my high school math teacher and a CS professor I interviewed both recommended taking AP Statistics and saving AP Calculus for college. I regret doing this. First, my HS math teacher reasoned that my math abilities were poor and that I would not be able to handle Precalculus and AP Calc. I am in Precalculus next semester against his advice, but I will not be able to take Calculus in high school. My CS professor suggested I save Calculus for college because it is less boring than statistics and it is better to get statistics out of the way and prepare for a solid foundation for college level Calculus.</p>
<p>I have no doubt I can handle the math conceptually. The reason my math teacher doubts me is because I had poor study habits and grades in Algebra II. I understood everything perfectly but because I am such a sloppy test taker and easily make mistakes, I got bad grades.</p>
<p>This senior year, I finally developed good study habits and so far have had all A’s and A-'s despite being in 3 college credit classes.</p>
<p>But it’s too late for me. My poor scores have doomed me to mediocrity.</p>
<p>I’m not going to go to med school.</p>
<p>I don’t think my parents are going to help pay for college. I am applying for scholarships and will be looking to do paid internships and research while studying.</p>
<p>Also, I’m pretty sure I got higher than a 30 on my math score but that the overbearing witch proctor who handled my scores probably secretly defiled them after I walked out of the room, in an attempt to release her smoldering jealousy over my dizzying intellect.</p>
<p>I really don’t feel like math will be much of a problem if I study really hard and practice enough to stop making blunders.</p>
<p>You are fortunate to have a state flagship that has a very strong CS reputation as strong or stronger than Michigan and if you get in it will cost you a lot less. 28 ACT is right in the middle of accepted students. You will just explain low freshman grades due to transition from homeschooling and hopefully that will be considered and give you a shot even though your overall gpa is low. You also don’t have to worry about being separately accepted to the major. You will be able to do anything that you want with a UW degree. My daughter didn’t go there as an undergrad but she did as a grad student and she interned at Google in Madison and SF and also a well connected startup in Madison. There are opportunities there. </p>
<p>I’ve put UW Madison into strong consideration. My parents and I toured their campus this morning, in fact. I talked to the admissions counselor and he suggested that I was likely to get in given my upward trending grades, increasingly rigorous course load and acceptable ACT scores.</p>
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I don’t think my parents are going to help pay for college. I am applying for scholarships and will be looking to do paid internships and research while studying.
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<p>Your stats aren’t going to get you 4 years of merit scholarships to pay for college. Very likely, the schlarships that you’re applying to are for small amounts and only for freshman year. </p>
<p>You need to have the money upfront to pay to enroll. WHERE will the money come from NEXT July/August when you have to pay thousands and thousands of dollars.</p>
<p>I doubt most schools will be affordable. Research jobs pay little or nothing. Internships are over the summer, but usually after you have at least a year or two of college. Even then, you’re lucky if you clear a few thousand dollars after a summer…not enough to pay for college.</p>
<p>The OOS schools are going to cost you $37k+ per year. </p>
<p>Unless you are low income and your instate schools provide additional state aid, you’re going to have serious trouble paying for college. </p>
<p>What are your instate schools and can you commute to any of them? </p>
<p>Before you waste a lot of time and money applying to unaffordable schools, you need to realize that if you attend an OOS school that costs $30k in direct costs (tuition, fees, room, board) then you’re going to have to write a check for $15k next July…where will that money come from? You can only borrow $5500 per year…so half each semester.</p>
<p>You need to identify some schools that have CS that will give you a large award for your stats. </p>
<p>As usual, @mom2collegekids has some sage advice. Heed her words. You won’t be getting much merit aid with your scores and grades. Consider your own state school very seriously.</p>
<p>You might want to consider UW-Eau Claire. I have heard that they have a very good CS department. My nephew (who had a 31 ACT) graduated there 2 years ago and is working for a small company in San Francisco. Every summer he had really good paid internships that he got through the university.</p>
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<p><a href=“http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com/”>http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com/</a> lists the following full tuition scholarships with 3.37 GPA and 28 ACT:</p>
<p>Howard (residual $15,754)
Prairie View A&M (residual $9,526)</p>
<p>However, also look at WI and MN publics.</p>
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My sentence was in response to the OP’s statement that he’s applying for (presumably) outside scholarships to pay for college. Those won’t likely pay for 4 years of college.</p>
<p>Yes, there are some schools that will give large merit for an ACT 28, but his GPA may be an issue. </p>
<p>I don’t know how the OP would pay a “residual” cost of $10k-15k if his parents aren’t paying anything. </p>
<p>The student should also look at the New Mexico public univs…UNM, NM Tech and any others. And maybe USouth Dakota.</p>
<p>I don’t think the student understands that as an incoming frosh, he’s not going to have internship or research money in hand to pay for his college costs. Yes, sometimes juniors and seniors are doing co-ops that can help pay for college, but those co-ops aren’t helping fund incoming frosh. </p>
<p>I do not have thousands of dollars to pay on any college up front, even if it’s the smallest, cheapest and ■■■■■■■■■ college you can find for me. It seems like everyone on this board is saying “no, he doesn’t have a 4.0 GPA and a ACT score higher than a 34 so college obviously isn’t for him.” Even paying the up-front costs of UW Eau Claire would cost my parents the price of a decent house. My family makes a median wage. Do you think that 100 dollar bills just fall out of our wallets like loose change? Besides, I’m not in this for the money. I’m in it for the fun. Science is literally the only aspiration I have in my life. I don’t care about cars, sports, families, love, sex, marriage, travel, religion, or anything else people pool their money into to make themselves feel better about life.</p>
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<p>OK, so you need a reasonable list. The school will kick your fanny out if you can’t pay the bill.</p>
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<p>??? Who has said THAT?</p>
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<p>how would the upfront costs of UW Eau Claire (instate) be the cost of a decent house? </p>
<p>Anyway…can you commute to ANY of the UW’s? If so, which one?</p>
<p>Do any of the UWs give merit scholarships for your stats?</p>
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<p>So, what? How will that make a difference when you have to pay your first semester’s bill???</p>
<p>How much can you earn/save between now and July?</p>
<p>UW Eau Claire</p>
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<p>Expense On Cam Off Cam At Home
Tuition and fees $8,744 $8,744 $8,744
Room and board $6,986 $6,720 $2,300
Books and supplies $400 $400 $400
personal expenses $2,120 $2,120 $1,470
Transportation expenses $1,030 $1,030 $1,030
Estimated Total $19,280 $19,014 $13,944
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<p>If there is a UW near your home where you can commute to, then you could cover most/all of your costs with a $5500 student loan, full-time summer earnings, and a part-time job during the school year.</p>
<p>Have your parents run the net price calculators at a few different UW schools and copy/paste the results here.</p>
<p>Residual cost of $10,000 would be stretch budget with direct loan and some work earnings. $15,000 maybe if a larger Pell grant. Getting lower would probably mean needing a full ride.</p>