<p>I want some opinions on what schools would be a good fit for me as far as my grades and scores as well as extracurriculars. Anything on the east coast is what I'm looking for about as far as Ohio
Just looking for what people think I could get into
Btw I already applied to Syracuse august 1st</p>
<p>SAT 1770
Cr 560
M 590
W 620
ACT 25
Avg. 95-96
Taking 4 college classes this coming senior year
National honor society
Peer leadership
Yearbook
Varsity club
Alternative energy club
Senior class president
Track
Varsity football
Indoor soccer
Couple others
Thanks for the help</p>
<p>Erin’s Dad - I’ll be taking out loans and applying for many scholarships so as of right now the cost isn’t the biggest issue. Just looking for a perfect fit and my home state is New York</p>
<p>Then the SUNYs are your best choice. You can’t take out loans beyond the Stafford loans ($5.5K as a freshman) without your parents cosigning. OOS schools will be expensive ($40K+/year).</p>
<p>Temple & Pitt might be good fits if you want a big university. Temple is state-supported, and even its out-of-state rates are competitive. What are you interested in? Do you want a large or small school; an urban setting?</p>
<p>This is going to sound harsh, and it isn’t meant to be. But I think you need a reality check.</p>
<p>Cost is always an issue unless you or your parents can write four checks for $60,000 each. It makes no sense to apply to colleges that even under the rosiest set of realistic assumptions you cannot afford to attend.</p>
<p>And once you get above the level of community college costs, relying strictly on “loans and scholarships” to finance a college education is simply not a winning strategy, unless you have stats (grades and scores) to qualify for near-complete-cost scholarships - and you don’t - or to get into one of the very, very few universities that meet complete need - and again, you don’t.</p>
<p>You might qualify for a few small, one-year independent scholarships. But those will be a rounding error on the cost of attending a college for four years.</p>
<p>You cannot take out enough in loans to cover all the costs of a four-year college - and if you could, you’d be extremely foolish to do so.</p>
<p>If you and your parents are in a position where you cannot pay anything toward your college costs, your only reasonable option is to live at home and attend a community college for two years, work and save up some money, then transfer to a lower-cost state college. Fortunately, you live in a state with a network of excellent state schools.</p>
<p>Many, many people have made successful lives doing exactly that.</p>
<p>annasdad Thanks for the advice but my parents have told me several times I can go wherever fits me. They are also willing to cosign on a loan if need be. I’ll deal with the costs later on, I’m well aware of everything so I don’t need a “reality check”. Right now I’m just looking for the perfect college for me. My brother has attended the “college of his dreams” and he is fine financially. So once again thanks for the advice but I have a pretty good plan of what I want to do.</p>
<p>I hope don’t come off as stuck up but as I mentioned to Erin’s dad, cost right now isn’t the biggest issue. Not at all am I saying it won’t be a concern later on but I want to enjoy college and get the best education that I can. Then hopefully, fingers crossed, with that education I will get a good career and be able to pay off the college bills.</p>