Large, Private Universities? WHERE?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm having a bit of a dillema as a high school junior. I love the idea of a large public school like Indiana, Wisconsin, Penn State, etc. However, financial aid (aka merit aid) is desperately needed by me and I only have MAYBE a 1300 on SAT (alot of publics base their aid on SATs over 1350). But I have awesome extra curriculars, awards, etc, and a solid (4.0) GPA. </p>

<p>So, privates are going to be the best. Besides Ivys and very uppity private schools, where is there over 10,000 students, fairly prestigious, and very into partying?</p>

<p>Thanks!!</p>

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<p>Boston U, USC, NYU, Northwestern (8,000), Cornell, George Washington</p>

<p>your SAT score is low for all of these except for BU. Try and bump that up.</p>

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<p>His SAT is fine George Washington too.</p>

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<p>Try taking the ACT. I got a 2000 on the SAT (equivalent to a 1340 without writing), but scored a 33 on the ACT, with a perfect score in reading. It was a much more competitive score, and some people are naturally better at one test than the other.</p>

<p>Also, any Ivies (aka Cornell) won't give you merit aid - only need-based financial aid.</p>

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<p>Yeah most of these...too prestigious. I don't want to be surrounded by dorks who study all the time and people who are super competitive. </p>

<p>How about Syracuse or American? Something equvialent. Respected, but not crazy.</p>

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<p>you shouldnt be wary of a college because it is too prestigious...</p>

<p>syracuse is ok and american is good for international relations/studies/poli sci/public policy majors but not much else...like gw but not as good.</p>

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<p>buffalo -</p>

<p>you'd be surprised that there are not as many dorks at prestigious schools as you may think. you'll find that the people who are at the best schools are extremely well rounded - sometimes i feel as if im the only one who didn't play a varisty sport in high school.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I definitely worded that wrong. I didn't mean they are all dorks. I basically don't want to be surrounded by 10,000 kids who are all smarter than me if I managed to squeak in.</p>

<p>I want to go somewhere with excellent financial aid for someone with great GPA and course load, amazing ECs, and decent SATs. So...that makes it a not top top top private, but lower, still respectable, with lots of students (over 10,000) who like to party (aka Syrcause). Except I hate the area around Syracuse.</p>

<p>Any other suggestions that fit that description^^?</p>

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<p>boston college, fordham, american, tulane -</p>

<p>there arn't that many big private schools - the ones that are large tend to be near the top.</p>

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<p>yey cuse!!!</p>

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<p>Look at Northeastern in Boston.</p>

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<p>BC, Fordham, American, Tulane...</p>

<p>what else guys?</p>

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<p>You could try NYU as a reach.</p>

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<p>meh...I hate city schools. Not rural ones either.</p>

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<p>Check out UMiami. Study over the summer and give the SATs another shot in the fall. What do you want to study?</p>

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<p>buffalo - you want a private school - with over 10,000 people, thats not in a city nor is it rural. the only schools that fit that are bc and syracuse - the rest are in cities.</p>

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<p>Ok, I haven't even gotten the 1300 yet and you guys are making it seem like the death of me. I'm a great student. Why should I be dismissed just because I got a 1250-1300 (still respectable!!)? This system is horrible.</p>

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<p>oh, and you can scratch the not city or rural. NYU just makes me sick. TOO much of a city.</p>

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<p>if you haven't taken the sat yet, then how come you are saying you got a 1300 on it???</p>

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<p>lots of practice tests. and i didnt say I got a 1300. I'm shooting for a 1300. </p>

<p>"I only have MAYBE a 1300 on SAT"</p>