<p>Hey cc! So while my family will probably qualify for need based financial aid (household income around 100 thousand with both of my parents working), I want to be able to attend undergraduate college at little to no cost as not to place strain on my families finances. While I am by no means the best applicant,for the past while I've been focusing on making myself an attractive candidate for college. As such, I was wondering if you could possibly look over my stats and inform me of places where I could apply and receive merit based financial aid that would cover most, if not all, tuition and fees.
Thanks, you guys are saviors!
Background info:
White,
Household Income :100k (2 parents working)</p>
<p>Stats:
3.96 gpa
4.35 weighted
10 honors and 4 ap classes in sophomore and junior year (combined)
1 honors and 6 ap classes senior year
Grade inflation at my high school is fairly rampant (we have 20 valedictorians)</p>
<p>32 act
Taking the sat and scoring around 2200 -2300 on practice tests
760 bio
700 us history
710 physics</p>
<p>Hooks: produced an invention that is patent pending- it's a test tube rack that keeps samples at a constant temperature</p>
<p>Published author (in a literary journal)</p>
<p>Interned at a local university for the summer synthesizing a new compound and using it as an antimicrobial agent in dairy products. I will be published in a scientific journal by the end of the summer</p>
<p>Openly gay in Utah</p>
<p>Volunteer tutor for students at my highschool who can't afford private lessons.</p>
<p>Experienced a suicide of a close friend, which drove me to create a suicide prevention club.</p>
<p>Extra curricular activities: (includes some of my hooks)
President of debate team, (taking first and second at state and regional tournaments) founder of suicide prevention club, president of science club, president of model un club, president of national honor society, president of our local environmental club, Publicity specialist for key club, journalist head news editor, mock trial captain, and sterling scholar in science.
Sports:
Cross country runner (with a letter) and swimmer.
Volunteering:
Americorps volunteer, volunteer with Utah votes (a non partisan voter registration group), 5 year volunteer at my youth city council, volunteer at my towns animal shelter, volunteer at a local middle school as a debate coach and director of the Logan High Teens for Jeans fundraiser (raising 70 pairs of jeans for our local homeless shelter)
I also have a part time job working at Aeropostale.</p>
<p>Side note: I would also be very interested in a crew team, I'm built more of like a rower than a runner and would like to participate in competitive rowing.</p>
<p>Major: depends on what college I attend, if they have a good science program ill look into a few subjects: nuclear science, astrophysics, neuroscience, food chemistry and nuclear engineering.
If they have a good English program ill look into journalism as well.
I would also like to get a minor in political science.</p>
<p>My goal is to be able to use my scientific knowledge to help influence public policy.</p>
<p>Thank you guys so much for looking through this. If there is something I can do for you don't hesitate to ask!</p>