Hi guys just wondering how I look overall as an applicant. I am a high school senior wondering where I stand in the grand scheme of applicants. Am I above average? Average? etc.
I have a 3.62 UW and a 3.9 Weighted.
I go to a nationally ranked High School in Washington
I’ve taken 10 APs, 2 Honors (as honors are considered weak at my school)
33 on the ACT.
Senior Editor on the student newspaper, Mock Trial board member, VP of Physics Club
4 year varisty letterman in baseball, 3 year All-Conference as well
Help me out guys, what schools should I be looking at? I want to dual major in Business and Journalism, and go to Law School after. Also would prefer to leave WA.
What is you and your parents budget? Are you planning to apply to any WA schools as safeties?
Reaches: WashU, Emory, GTown, USC, Tufts, BC
Matches: UWashington Seattle, U rochester, BU, Northeastern, UMiami
Safeties: Syracuse, IU Bloomington, Washington state
Just some suggestions
Sorry, I forgot to include our budget. My parents are divorced, and my father is pretty much unwilling to commit any money to my education. I also have a twin brother who will be attending school at the same time I will, and my mom, although she makes respectable money, will not be able to put the both of us through college at the same time. That being said, I need to look at schools where money and aid is a real possibility, if I want to avoid drowning in debt.
I’m also going to apply to UW and Washington State because of their blessed in state tuition.
You will want to target schools with merit aid and good financial aid. For California, avoid the UC’s but look at the privates: USC, Univ of San Francisco, University of San Diego, Chapman, Loyola Marymount to name a few. Run the Net price calculators on all schools to make sure they are affordable and the schools do not care that your Dad will not contribute but will still use his income to calculate aid.
You as a student can only take out $27K for 4 years. Your Mom would be on the hook for the rest. You can always leave WA once you have your degree.
Okay, thank you for the help!