<p>Hi! I am looking for colleges on the East Coast (but probably not below South Carolina). I like a bigger school (10,000+), but I am absolutely willing to look in the 4,000-10,000 range. Other than that, I don't really have any specific qualifications aside from it being a co-ed school. Financial aid isn't important. </p>
<p>GPA - 4.05 of 4.0 (3.7 UW)
SAT - 1920
Class Rank - top 15%</p>
<p>Course load:
- 7 AP classes (AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP US History, AP Language & Composition, AP Statistics, AP Spanish, AP Literature)
-remaining classes were honors
-extremely rigorous, if not most rigorous available</p>
<p>ECs:
-Tutor/classroom helper at elementary school
-SASU (students against substance use - promoting students to be substance free and also planning events for school/community)
-Nursing home volunteer
-National honors society
-Spanish honors society
-Student representative for board of education (hold monthly meetings with board of ed, administrators, and teachers to discuss school)
-Planning committee (for school activities)
-Relay for life (cancer walk)
-Varsity lacrosse
-Varsity Basketball
-Rec league lacrosse ref</p>
<p>Work experience:
-Local retail store (10,11,12)
-Babysitting (9,10,11,12)
-Summer internship at a business - gained a lot of valuable knowledge here, learned about how businesses run, and how to do things like bookkeeping (9,10,11,12)</p>
<p>What can your family afford? What is your home state?</p>
<p>*Financial aid isn’t important.
*</p>
<p>So, are you saying that your parents have said that they’ll pay $55k+ per year?</p>
<p>If so, then…what is your major or career goal?</p>
<p>Look at American Univ…Loyola Maryland…Fordham…</p>
<p>Yes my parents will pay $55k+ if they have to, but they are hoping for some aid. But if we don’t get any then they will pay full. </p>
<p>Intended major is most likely business, maybe communications</p>
<p>Take a look at University of Maryland in College Park, the Smith School (for business majors). Great program, selective admission, and you are a metro ride from downtown DC.</p>
<p>[Undergraduate</a> Program - Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park](<a href=“http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/undergrad/]Undergraduate”>http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/undergrad/)</p>
<p>Fordham has a great communications program and I think you would definitely most likely get in. </p>
<p>There’s a lot of really great schools within your range and some places where you’d likely get aid for academics.</p>
<p>City:
American
BU
Northeastern
GW
Loyola (Baltimore suburb)
Fordham</p>
<p>State schools:
U Maryland
UConn
Penn State (huge school),
U Mass Amherst (big)
U Delaware </p>
<p>Other:
Fairfield
Quinnipiac</p>
<p>Syracuse University</p>
<p>Awesome, thanks for the suggestions guys! I love lots of the schools that were listed, so that gives me hope - thanks again!</p>