Full ride?

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<p>my friend needs college that willl give him full ride</p>

<p>His stats:</p>

<p>math=550
writing=700
cr=700</p>

<p>Total= 1950</p>

<p>gpa = around 3.4 uw</p>

<p>his ecs are = basketball team 4 years ( not recruited )
200+ hours volunteering for local hospital</p>

<p>his parents are very rich but they said they will not pay any money for his college education. some asian idea that if you earn it yourself its much better or something. so no chance at need based financial aid at all.</p>

<p>He is looking for colleges that he will get a good scholarship(full ride preferred) even if it means going to a no-name college in the middle of nowhere.</p>

<p>His intended major: Biology</p>

<p>he wants to become a podiatrist.</p>

<p>His range = any size school, whatever, just as long as you miss really sunny states such as arizona,cali,florida, etc. because he has sensitive skin and fears sunburn(not kidding lol)</p>

<p>any ideas for him - he is willing to go ANYWHERE to get that full ride</p>

<p>please respond with any ideas</p>

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<p>community college? second tier state colleges?</p>

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<p>An Asian with 550 math scores? Whadda ya take us for, a bunch of suckers?</p>

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<p>Bob Jones University.</p>

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<p>tell your friend to stay at home, get a job, save up some money, go to a cc, and transfer in two years to a college he can afford to PAY FOR ... SERIOUSLY !!!</p>

<p>as of now, he simply doesn't deserve any kind of full ride!</p>

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<p>deep springs university</p>

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<p>As the Harvard adcom said it so well in the movie Soul Man, "we give money to students who's parents are poor, not to students who's parents are @#%&$^*!" LOL</p>

<p>Seriously, tell your friend to sit for his SAT one more time and try to get a 700+ on the math. He is not going to get any need-based aid and merit scholarships are usually only given out to exceptionally gifted students. Even then, he will not get a full ride.</p>

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<p>I had to go look up Deep</a> Springs to see if it is real...</p>

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<p>so is there any chance he could get a half scholarship or something at some sort of college with these current stats, assuming he cant improve?</p>

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<p>and i read something about second tier state colleges, this guy is willing to go to any school for full ride - doesnt matter if its third tier or however it gets worse then that</p>

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<p>Deep Springs isn't a good idea because you have to transfer after two years.</p>

<p>Like Alexandre, I suggest practice (Xiggi method?) to get that math score up into at least the 650-700 range. If he does so, his chances at merit aid would drastically increase.</p>

<p>For a large merit scholarship, he needs to look at schools at which he'll be in at least the top 25% of applicants. Looking at Common Data Sets (Section C9-C12) will give him a good idea of where he stands in the applicant pool.</p>

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<p>is there big charts where i can find like in big amounts where he would be in 75%?</p>

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<p>^
College search engines like College Board's might be a good place to start.</p>

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<p>Well, you could try Berea. That's free. You could also try one of the public military institutions.</p>

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<p>If he can get up to lets say 2100 SAT ( with like a 1400 M+V) - lets say 700 straight across - will he be able to get full rides anywhere?</p>

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<p>Perhaps Northeastern or Hofstra or other lesser-rated universities.</p>

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<p>does anyone know if with his current stats </p>

<p>550m 700cr 700w </p>

<ul>
<li>if he could get much of a scholarship at catholic university of america?</li>
</ul>

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<p>Unlikely...</p>

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<p>those scores arent very impressive.</p>

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<p>i dont know....north central texas college maybe.</p>