I am in my junior year, and I am a white female from New York.
GPA-3.75(will rise, slacked Freshmen year)
Rank-top 7%
AP scores- world-4
Junior year course load- APUSH, AP English, AP bio, honors precalc, spanish4Honors, anatomy, chamber orchestra(highest level)
Sat: 1950, 680 math 650 CR(MUCH lower than expected, will take act)
Taking bio&math ii sat subject test
Extracurriculars-
NHS(since sophomore year)(secretary since sophmore year)
TRI-M(music honor society)-since freshmen year, secretary since sophomore year
English honor society(since 10th)
Foreign language honor society(since 10th), science NHS since junior year
Very active with playing double bass, scored 96 on Allstate solo, have been invited to play with professional orchestras, play with the school’s select orchestra, as well as pit orchestra. Played in all-county orchestras, as well as all-island orchestra( I live on Long Island). Been in highest orchestra since freshmen year.
IEA-interscholastic equestrian association. Varsity rider since freshmen year, 1st place at regionals, and placing at zone finials. captain of the team since sophomore yeAr.
JV track freshmen year, not sure if I would include
Intended major- biology, then med school
not really sure where I want to go, my scores are too low for top tier schools. I’m thinking Clemson, but I don’t really know. Please list potential matches. Btw my UW average this year is a 98.3 and Weighted is 105.3
Thanks:)
What are your preferences for school size, geographical region, urban vs. rural, Greek life, etc.? What’s your budget? Try the SuperMatch function on the left and/or the CollegeBoard’s search tool.
School size- I prefer a larger school with big sports team but the sports aren’t a deciding factor. I don’t want a major city like New York (I live very close to their but I want to go to school in the south) no preference on Greek life, and I definitely want as little debt as possible but won’t get much financial aid, so I need a scholarship. @usualhopeful
If you can get a 32 ACT or 1450 SAT CR+M, you will get full tuition at UAlabama. I think Ole Miss has a similar automatic full tuition scholarship.
Raise your score a bit and you could also get a decent scholarship from Tulane, if you’re admitted (their admissions is a bit unpredictable and they really take into account demonstrated interest).
U of SC has some good scholarships, but I believe they’re a bit more competitive and your current test score might not be high enough for the large scholarships.
Auburn also seems to match what you’re interested in, but I don’t know about their scholarships.
You’d probably be a candidate for an OOS tuition waiver (reduces to in-state cost) at FSU, although again an improved test score would help.
Do you know how much your family can pay vs. what the FAFSA and college NPCs expect them to pay?
@usualhopeful I don’t know the exact value fafsa expects them to pay but I believe it is something like $27k which is totally unreasonable considering the area I live in has a very high cost of living and two of my brothers will just have graduated college when I am entering. The most my parents will probably contribute is ~5k/yr, the rest goes into student loans. My goal is med school so I’m trying to keep tuition low.
5k/year is tough; I’m assuming you can cover an additional 3k with a summer job, which would leave 5-8k in room and board with full tuition. There are some very competitive additional scholarships provided by the schools, and you might get other small scholarships, but you can’t count on them.
Here’s a list of automatic full ride and full tuition scholarships: http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com
If you can get your ACT to a 32, full tuition scholarships are still very limited, but there are a few more options.
@usualhopeful thank you for all the help!! That’s all my parents can contribute, but I will definitely take out loans; I just want to keep them to a minimum
There’s only a limited amount you can take out in loans. You can choose to take out up to 27k in Stafford loans (5,500 the first year, 6,500 the second, and 7,500 for the last two years; 2k each year is unsubsidized, but the interest rate is pretty low - 3.48%).
A school may also choose to give you Perkins loans, which are subsidized with an interest rate of 4.5%, IIRC; however, if the net price is already below your EFC, a school will not give you Perkins.
Then there’s Parent PLUS loans. I would recommend against them; if your family cannot afford to pay already, it’s unlikely they’ll be able to pay them back.
Beyond that, you can cosign with your parents for private loans. Don’t do it.
ETA: There are some other full rides which aren’t guaranteed, but which you might have a good chance at if you can get your stats up just a little bit. UKentucky, for example, has a full ride with minimum stats 3.80 UW/33 ACT or 1500 CR+M.