help a rising senior find schools

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi, I'm a rising senior female from MD. I have all my reach schools picked out, but I need to find a safety I'll be happy attending.</p>

<p>My needs:
*Good financial aid- my parents make about 60k, and will not be able to contribute any money to my education
*Located on east coast (travel costs to go further suck)
*Good biomedical engineering program
*I will definitely get in</p>

<p>My wants:
*Located in/very near to a city
*Bigger school (at least medium sized, no less than 5k undergrads)
*Field hockey (rec,intramural,collegiate, anything I just want to be able to play)</p>

<p>My stats:
SAT: 2340 (800M/800W/740CR) (only took once)
SAT subject: Math 2:800 Bio E:740
GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.24 W
Rank: School does not rank
AP: Calc AB (5), Environmental Science (5), English Lang (5), Physics B (4), US History (4), World History (4), taking Calc BC, Physics C, Bio, English Lit, and Spanish next year</p>

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<p>I want to be a biomedical engineer too, and I’m a senior next year! I would recommend Northwestern, my dream school. Also, Princeton might be a reach, but it offers outstanding financial aid.</p>

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<p>Johns Hopkins?</p>

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<p>These all seem like reach schools, but I’m really looking for schools I can definitely get into</p>

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<p>Drexel, Lehigh, GWU, Pitt.
How far are you willing to travel?</p>

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<p>What about Georgetown or Boston College? You seem like a fabulous candidate for either, and I think you’d definitely get in. Why not try applying to schools like Columbia or U Chicago? They might be a crapshoot, but they are for everyone, so you should still try.</p>

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<p>I’d be willing to travel as far north as Massachusetts and all the way south to florida (I have family there)</p>

<p>My reach schools I’m applying to are:
MIT
Yale
Hopkins
Duke
Columbia
UPenn
maybe Cornell</p>

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<p>Case western? Georgia tech?</p>

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<p>I’m glad the OP has a good idea of what constitutes a safety. </p>

<p>OP, Check out these threads for some options:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1461983-competitive-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1461983-competitive-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I would think UMBC would also be a safety. If you are NMF then look at some LACs like Denison (they have field hockey).</p>

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<p>Is there a reason why it’s not University of Maryland College Park?</p>

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<p>I visited (college park) and hated it, the area around it is really boring and the campus just didn’t appeal to me</p>

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<p>Maybe URochester - not sure about their finanical/merit aid but you would be above their average class profile so it could be worth checking into. Possibly GA Tech although it is outside your geographic preference.</p>