<p>Okay so here are my stats..
GPA: 3.62 @ a public magnet school
we do NOT rank
ACT: 29 and 30 subscored
I'm retaking in september of course.
SAT: 1880.. idk if I'll actually use/retake the SAT</p>
<p>I have a ton of ECS.</p>
<p>I'm looking for schools with great financial aid, diversity race wise, and that are not in the north because I can't stand cold weather.</p>
<p>Nashville winters I can tolerate, but colder I wouldn't be able to handle.</p>
<p>so far I've looked at
GWU
Baylor
Sewanee
Rhodes
Oxford/Emory</p>
<p>suggestions? please and thank you!</p>
<p>Do you want need-based financial aid (Which will probably only be “great” if your parents make like less than 50k)</p>
<p>Or merit based? With your stats you will unlikely get a top-notch school and earn a bunch of merit-aid. Your stats aren’t bad, it’s just to make “great” merit scholarships at schools you often have to be in the top 1 - 5% of their student body.</p>
<p>need base, my parents make 55k a year…</p>
<p>any suggestions?</p>
<p>koreanxpanda,</p>
<p>You should take a look at the information in the Financial Aid Forum. There are some good links there for you.</p>