<p>I go to a HS with a strange weighting system. You do not get the full benefit until the end of your senior year and some of the honors classes don't get weighted at all. My UGPA is 3.45 and my WGPA after 6 semesters is 3.71 and should be 3.99 at the end of my senior year. Reading some of these posts, I now realize that colleges look at the GPA after 6 semesters. By graduation, I will have 9 honors classes and 8 AP classes plus 4 years of foreign language, 6 total math classes, 4 science, 4 English, 4 history, 4 years of chorus and 10 varsity letters - 4 in cross country, 4 in swimming and 2 in track.</p>
<p>I want to study Math & Physics.</p>
<p>Where do I have the best chances of being accepted?</p>
<p>Pretty much anywhere you want to go is a possibility considering everything you’ve written. </p>
<p>In order to narrow it down, we’ll need more info:</p>
<p>What is your GPA history and AP scores?
What type of school do you think you’ll be looking for?
Region of the country?
How much can you afford?
1st in Family?
Want to be an athlete in college?
Highest level math?</p>
<p>All that ^ plus you already have the GPA and scores for full tuition scholarships at some state schools like Temple, Alabama - see the guaranteed full tuition/ride thread in the financial aid forum for more.</p>
<p>Beyond that, a 32 is great and a 3.7 is good for lots f places so you definitely need to be more specific about what you want and where.</p>
<p>When you have some more details like your budget and geographic preference, you should also post this question in the Hispanic Students section (College Admissions / Specialty Admission Topics / Hispanic Students).</p>
<p>You have good statistics so far, but its hard to help you without more information.</p>
<p>What is your GPA history and AP scores?
GPA steadily rising f/s/j=3.45/3.6/3.7
A/P Scores disappointing - USHistory 2; European Histroy 2; AP English Language & Composition 3;
Currently taking - AP Physics; AP Psychology and AP English Literature & Composition; the school cancelled ny other AP Physics class and changed another to Honors (</p>
<p>What type of school do you think you’ll be looking for?
Smaller Liberal Arts School</p>
<p>Region of the country?
Midwest, South, East or Northeast</p>
<p>How much can you afford?
$10,000</p>
<p>1st in Family?
No. Both parents went to college</p>
<p>Want to be an athlete in college?
I want to run cross country and track at a DIII school</p>
<p>Highest level math?
Currently taking Pre-Calculus</p>
<p>Also, I just learned I was named a 2014-15 National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar.</p>
<p>Ohio Wesleyan U
Saint Louis U
Washington U
St. Olaf College
Beloit College
Macalester College
Cornell College
Kenyon College</p>
<h2>Northeast</h2>
<p>U of Rochester
Saint Lawrence U
Hobart & William Smith College
College of New Jersey
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts</p>
<h2>South</h2>
<p>Agnes Scott College
Sweet Briar College
College of William and Mary
Wofford College
Belmont Abbey College
College of Charleston
Davidson College
Furman University</p>
<p>Thanks, great list. St. louis and Cornell have been calling. I visited Rochester. St. Lawrence, HWS. I forgot about Davidson and Charleston. I thought Washington U and William and Mary would be a stretch. </p>
<p>I think you will be a person of interest to many US colleges, even the most selective. First, you should investigate QuestBridge right away. This is a wonderful organization that helps high achieving lower income kids connect with top colleges all over the country.</p>
<p>Second if you haven’t already done so you should contact the coaches at colleges that you are interested in running for. They can be a big help.</p>
<p>Lastly, understand how financial aid works. Ask your parents to use an on-line NCP calculator for a few colleges to get an idea of how much NEED based aid you might be eligible for. If it turns out that your EFC (estimated family contribution) is less than $10,000 then you can build a wide list. If not, then you should look for colleges that offer MERIT aid. </p>
<p>Some LACs that I think would give a math/science oriented Hispanic female runner high priority would be Bowdoin, Hamilton, Colgate, Kenyon, Davidson, Smith. This is just a start. There are plenty more.</p>
<p>WashU and W&M are reaches, esp. WashU. The AP scores generally aren’t that important, but yours are so low they could be. Have you SATII scores that balance out the AP scores? @LakeSr has given you a good list. I might throw some more women’s colleges in there.</p>
<p>@RILEYFANNING: Ask your parents to run a few net price calculators, then you’ll know. Ironically some of the most selective schools can be the most generous with aid, but that’s mostly need based aid. Before you go further, find out where you stand financially. Remember you get what the colleges think you need (based on their formulas) not what you may actually need.</p>
<p>Honestly I think you would have a reasonable chance at most LACs – even some of the most selective like Williams, Amherst, Bowdoin. But you have to clarify the money first.</p>
<p>1st in Family?
No. Both parents went to college
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<p>Are you lowish income? If not, then QB wouldn’t apply to you.</p>
<p>Do your parents have a good income, but they can only pay $10k per year? If so, then you may need to apply to schools where you would get decent merit.</p>
<p>Income is up and down. All of the net price calculators give a wide range. If income is low like last year, aid is high. If it is better like this year, aid is low. It is impossible to know. </p>
<p>Well, you are a senior now, so your aid will be based on 2014 income, which you say is better…so income is up for 2014. </p>
<p>Are your parents self-employed? If so, that could wreak havoc with aid at schools that use CSS profile. The NPCs do not work for those who are self-employed (or independent contractors).</p>
<p>@RILEYFANNING as a minority student with decent grades and award/recognition, you are the type of applicant that many top LACs are interested in. Your financial aid situation sounds like it might be complicated enough that you wouldn’t qualify for a lot of need based aid, but I think it’s still worth taking a look at top schools that generally don’t give out merit aid. If you get in, there’s room for a “conversation” around what it will take to get you on campus.</p>
<p>Here’s a list of “fly in” programs that many top schools have to attract underrepresented candidates:</p>
<p>Some of the deadlines have passed, but some are still open. I think it’s safe to say that all of these schools are committed to some degree to increasing diversity on campus, so even if the deadline for the fly in has passed, they may be worth a look.</p>
<p>National Hispanic Recognition doesn’t give you anything other than a label. It is for very low-income hispanics who are typically first generation. Additionally, many schools don’t have affirmative action programs, so it doesn’t really “help”. We’ve learned from experience through 3 kids.</p>
<p>I think you should explain your financial situation to QuestBridge. You should also contact coaches at both need-only and merit schools. </p>
<p>In today’s complicated economy college financial aid departments are used to dealing with complicated family finances. So choose a few need only colleges, get the coach behind you and be prepared to negotiate.</p>
<p>You have a lot of positives that will be appealing to many colleges especially those that have a hard time recruiting and retaining high achieving hispanics – which applies to most non-urban LACs in the northeast and midwest.</p>
<p>For merit you should look at Smith and Mt. Holyoke. They’re both on the fly-in list as are quite a few other good choices. This is a great way to demonstrate interest.</p>