<p>Background
- Graduating a year early (will be 17)
- 4 APs, 7+ honors courses
- GPA 4.1, ACT 32 (first try and I don't want to re-take)
- Marching, Symphony, and Pit Band (Alto Sax) - Section Leader
- JV Softball Team (3 years) - large school (2400+ students) - Catcher and 1st
- Multiple Rec League and Travel teams - Catcher, 1st, 3rd
- 500+ volunteer hours, Horse Camp servicing special needs kids
- 50+ volunteer hours, local Hospital
- 40+ hours, Math tutor
- Planning to major in Business (Marketing-related)
- Might eventually want to go to Law school
- College should be within 200 miles of Phila area (except for Notre Dame)</p>
<p>Want
- Conservative leaning student body
- Not a party school but not boring either
- Marching Band
- Intramural sports; not sure if I would/could play Softball in college
- Don't want a large school unless I am in the Honors program/Honors housing</p>
<p>Possibities
- Notre Dame
- Villanova
- Penn State (but only Shreyer Honors)
- Please Suggest Others!!</p>
<p>Thanks in advance to anyone who replies!</p>
<p>You want to be in the school’s Marching Band?</p>
<p>Well, that pretty much means a sports school, and that pretty much means there will be a party element. Don’t worry about that. Even at party schools, many kids are very serious students…especially in the more challenging majors… </p>
<p>What is your budget? How much will your family pay? Do you need financial aid? If so, will you qualify for the aid that you need? </p>
<p>**The amount that your family will pay will influence where you should apply. ** </p>
<p>I don’t think Villanova meets need. </p>
<p>Others can comment on this, but I’ve heard that getting into Shreyers these days is like applying to an ivy. Very hard to get in. You might want to retest.</p>
<p>Are you going to apply to UPitt?</p>
<p>I hesitate to recommend other state schools with marching bands because not many give aid or merit…some do, but many don’t give much. </p>
<p>Your 200 mile limit may be restricting if you want a marching band. How far is Ohio State (don’t know if you’d get merit money from OSU).</p>
<p>Thanks for responding.</p>
<p>I’d like the college to have a marching band but it doesn’t have to be one of the world’s greatest. I think even Oberlin has a marching band (although I’d never apply to Oberlin). I’d be happy with any marching band, I just enjoy the experience.</p>
<p>I was thinking of adding UPitt to my list, yes.</p>
<p>My parents will have 2 in college so I should get some financial aid, but their income is relatively high so I’d like to be able to get at least some merit aid if possible. </p>
<p>I guess I need to look at more colleges that meet full demonstrated need. </p>
<p>OSU would be 400 miles but it’s huge and and I don’t think I want to go there enough to pay out-of-state tuition.</p>
<p>If you think of any other colleges that might fit, feel free to re-post.</p>