Good matches for me?

College Search & Selection
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I’m a senior and most of the schools I’ve applied to are safeties. Could anyone offer some suggestions based on my stats?
Hi everyone! I was just wondering if you could please chance me for my list of schools. My stats are…

Objective:
SAT I: not sending
ACT: 32 composite, 34 English, 29 math, 34 reading, 29 science
SAT II: not sending
GPA - 3.95 weighted, I am not sure what my unweighted gpa is
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): my school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Statistics (3), English Lang and Comp (self-study) (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP English Lit and Comp, AP Bio, Spanish 4, Bioethics, Health & Medicine, 3D Design, required theology

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): swimming most improved, swimming AACA all-star (both 10th), first honors freshman and junior year, second honors soph year, national honors society (11-12th)

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity swimming all 4 years, JV crew freshman year, Mini-THON committee (11-12th), National Honors Society (11-12th) (Secretary-Treasurer 12th), independent organizer for a bake sale for Crohn’s and Colitis (raised over $300), Camp Ophelia mentor (11th), Pennsyvania Math League contest participant (10th-12th), Students Against Destructive Decisions (10th-12th) (Secretary-Treasurer 12th), school newspaper section editor and writer (11th-12th) there might a few little ones i’m forgetting

Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard and front desk worker at local pool for past 3 summers, lifeguard during schools year soph year, lifeguard during senior year as well

Volunteer/Community service: community service through my schools community’s service corps and National Honor Society, Mini-THON committee, had a bake sale to benefit Crohn’s and Colitis foundation, was a camp mentor (most of this is extracurriculars i guess)

Essays: very happy with my common app, still working on my supplements
Teacher Recommendation: great, read one from my english which was amazing, the one from my bio teacher should be good too
Counselor Rec: didn’t see it, probably good
School Type: private Catholic, one of the top schools in PA
Ethnicity: white, female
Income Bracket: idk

Looking for a school strong in the sciences. Preferably in a city or suburban and in the Northeast. I’m willing to go as south as DC. Maybe Midwest too (thinkinf about notre dame and umich but those are reaches).

Thanks!

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How much will your family pay?

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Sorry forgot to include that. It does make a difference. I am not sure of our income bracket but it is around 150,000 I believe but my parents really cannot pay more than 30,000. I realize thag limits my choices very much. I am looking for schools where I can get merit aid (hence the reason I’ve applied to do many safeties). We probably won’t get Financial aid but i am open to applying to more competitive schools where there might not be a guarantee for merit aid (example notre dame)

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I don’t think that will happen (merit aid from the likes of ND) with a 3.95 WGPA and a 32 ACT. Fordham perhaps? Clark? Other posters know NE schools much better than I. WPI could work. Denison is possible for a small school (outside of Columbus OH)

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Holy Cross-very good science programs with nice campus-1 hour from Boston.

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Figure out how much need-based aid you’re likely to receive, and how much merit aid you require. You could run the Net Price Calculator for Clark Uni. Don’t guess regarding your parents’ income/assets, so get their help running the NPC. This info will give you a better starting point for understanding how much merit aid you’re likely to require at a match-type school.

What schools are on your current list?

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What are your financial safety schools (these are schools that you know FOR SURE that you have all costs covered).

Have you ASKED your parents if they’ll pay $30k per year? or are you estimating? You need to get a firm answer from them.

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My list of schools is quite long... Notre Dame (grandfather went there if that makes a difference) Villanova (mom and uncle went there) Boston College University of Michigan Boston University Northeastern University Emory University (maybe) Scranton St. Joe's U Delaware Fairfield Penn State- Schreyer's Honors College Pitt Drexel Temple>>>

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A number of those schools will accept you…however, you need to make sure that you have all costs covered for your safeties.

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Can’t really help you until you determine what features/qualities of college appeal to you, or what definitely turns you off. And then there’s your budget, of course.