Help a SoCal girl find safeties please :)

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi everyone! I am dreaming of going to school in the mid-atlantic, new England region, but I know many schools back there are hard to get into! I need suggestions for safeties to help reach my dream :)</p>

<p>GPA(weighted): 4.6 (junior) 4.2 (soph) 4.0 (fresh)
ACT: 32 (retaking in fall)
AP Tests: APUSH (4) AP Lang (4) AP World History (4)
Senior courseload: AP Calc, AP Lit, AP gov, AP econ, Honors Anatomy, Piano
Volleyball 4 years,
club volleyball 3 years
coached an elementary team 2 years
counseled volleyball camps 3 summers
National Honor Society secretary
California Scholastic Federation secretary
French Honor Society
town's youth summit 2 years
Reflections (literary arts comp) finalist
tutoring at school 2 years
Ronald Reagan Scholarship Scholar
organizing sports equipment drive for elementary schools</p>

<p>I want the traditional college experience, with a beautiful campus, sporting events, a social life, but along with rigorous academics. Opinions please!!</p>

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<p>What is your major and career goal?</p>

<p>Safeties MUST be affordable…how much will your parents pay?</p>

<p>If you choose a challenging major, then the academics will be a challenge - even at safety schools.</p>

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<p>*I will be applying for loans no matter what so my budget isn’t too important. *</p>

<p>oh lordy…you have a lot to learn about the student loan process. YOU can’t borrow much . YOU can only borrow $5500 for frosh year.</p>

<p>To borrow more (bad idea) every year you would need QUALIFIED co-signers. Many/most parents will not co-sign large loans because they’re legally obligated to pay them back if you don’t/can’t pay them. And, each year a parent co-signs, his credit is damaged, so he may not qualify for a later year.</p>

<p>You can’t have a cavalier attitude about cost with the naive notion that you can just borrow your way thru. You can’t. You don’t have the income needed to qualify. Banks don’t lend to people who can’t show that they can pay the money back.</p>

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<p>University of Maryland College Park?</p>

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<p>Your safeties are your in-state public colleges that your family can afford. Blue-Gold should help.</p>

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<p>It depends. We don’t know if she qualifies for Blue and Gold. If her family earns more than $80k, she won’t. At one point, she said that she’s upper middle class.</p>

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<p>With your stats, some of the UC’s would be safeties. Cal Poly is also an option. My DD also wants to go back east to school and will apply to a number of them, but is also applying in-state as an affordable fallback.</p>

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<p>Low cost safeties can be found here: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships-19.html#post16145676[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships-19.html#post16145676&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Check the net price calculators to see if UCs, CSUs, and other schools are affordable with no more than Stafford/Direct loans.</p>

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<p>Muhlenberg College
best all around college for you safety or not</p>

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<p>Holy Cross, Richmond.</p>