Debating private schools

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi everyone,
thank you for taking the time to read my post. </p>

<p>I am currently trying to figure out to which private schools I should apply to. I am talking strictly about private schools because I already have a list of 4 state schools I will be applying to (UF, FSU, UCF and USF).</p>

<p>I posted my complete relevant profile a few weeks ago in this thread: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1298903-college-university-admission-special-case-need-opinions.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1298903-college-university-admission-special-case-need-opinions.html&lt;/a>
Please feel free to read to get a sense of who I am as far as a prospective student. </p>

<p>I am looking for a school that has very good financial aid statistics, not too small but not too big (minimum 4,500 undergrads; 8-15K best fit), in a warm state that has a good social experience coupled with a solid academic program. </p>

<p>I need a school that will be able to accommodate my financial need (I am able to spend 20K annually comprehensive). So I am obviously going to aim pretty high on those statistics. Schools that give out 100% or close to 100% of proven need are preferred. </p>

<p>I am probably not the best student out there. I love learning, but I'm not the kind of person you will see studying 10 hours a day. I have pretty rough ADHD. I am more than willing to put in the work, but I know my limitations. My motto is "work hard, aim high but don't get stress related colon cancer in the process".</p>

<p>Also, I am an outgoing kind of person that loves to have fun. I want a good college experience and I don't want to go to a dull school. I don't like the phrase "party school" but I do like to party (on weekends).</p>

<p>From my searches, I found that University of Miami seems really good for me. A medium sized school in a warm state that is ranked very high in social life and partying but is also ranked high academically (#38 in the U.S NEWS). </p>

<p>Other than UM I have been looking at schools like Wake Forest, USC, Emory, Notre Dame and others.</p>

<p>I would love to get your opinions and recommendations on Private schools that you think would fit my criteria. </p>

<p>Thanks a lot for taking the time to help me.
Roy.</p>

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<p>What are your intended or possible majors?</p>

<p>If engineering and you have FSU on your application list, consider FAMU as well, since it shares the engineering division with FSU but costs less.</p>

<p>It would help others give suggestions if you gave some basic academic stats like high school course selection, unweighted GPA, class rank, and test scores.</p>

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<p>ucbalumnus, I am probably going to study Marketing, or something related (Business, Media studies, etc.). </p>

<p>The post I linked to has my scores, although I am a special case and high school stuff won’t be the deciding factor of admission in my case. </p>

<p>Thanks a lot,
Roy.</p>

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<p>[Need-blind</a> admission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need-blind_admission]Need-blind”>Need-blind admission - Wikipedia)</p>

<p>With your HS info I doubt you’ll make it into a full need school. You need to pick a home state and look locally.</p>