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College Search & Selection
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hi, i am a high school junior in new york city (staten island to be exact). i am really trying to narrow down my list of colleges, since i know that i will have to decide soon enough. i am a potential engineering major and i am female, so i hope this will help me, as well. another factor is finances since my parents make about 70000 combined and can only help me with about 10,000 a year (which is a problem among the colleges on my list):

-i am in an extremely competitive math and science institute in my school (only about 60 are chosen out of about 1000; 4000 kids total in my school, 1,035 in my grade)
-SAT: 1890 superscores.
-ACT; Will take at the end of the year
-SAT II: Will take at the end of the year
-GPA: around 4.2 weighted
Rank: top 5%
-All my classes for the past 2 years have been honors or ‘institute’
-APs: Bio/US/Eng Lang (this year) Physics/Eng Lit/Poli Sci/Calc AB/AP Global perspective(next year)
-apart of SING for 3/4 years
-apart of my student council for 4 years (senator sophomore year, vice president junior, and unsure about senior year for now)
-broadway club
-debate club
-i volunteer at a nursing home every year
-apart of national honor society (potentially for 2 years)
-will have 2 great recommendations from my precalc teacher and my apbio teacher
-currently in a pilot ‘ap’ computer science from UC Berkeley that only of handful of schools have and i am in the only class that my school offers
-i volunteer at my local temple (i am jewish)
-i have taken part in a meeting or two in my city’s borough hall with my local politicians, with the goal of helping young, intelligent teens find the right career goal and meet with mentors

some colleges i am interested in are:
-city college-Macaulay
-hunter-Macaulay
-CSI-Macaulay
-Binghamton
-WPI
-Penn state
-Stevens
-Adelphi
-Rutgers
-RPI
-Boston u
-northeastern
-george washington U
-Cornell
-university of California Berkeley
-university of Michigan

what are my chances for admissions and merit scolarships? also which of these schools are the strongest/weakest for engineering? any 5 year programs? thank you!!

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You might as well remove Penn State, UCB, and Rutgers now since those are OOS publics which won’t offer any financial aid (UMich is an exception in that they try to meet need for all students). As far as programs, look up ABET accredited programs. If the school is on the list you’re good. Get that SAT or ACT score up. Look at Alabama public schools which do offer merit for high scores/grades.

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The key word is “try”. As of now, they cannot meet needs for all OOS students, but with a family income of $70k, OP is likely to get a very good FA package. Nevertheless, the score is way too low for UMich CoE.