<p>*I’m a college senior currently trying to get my college list together. Unfortunately, I can’t afford to pay for any private school, but I am unlikely to receive any sort of need-based aid, so I’m kind of tailoring my school list around schools which I think I may receive some sort of merit aid from. My parents and my school are not particularly helpful with my applications, however, and I’m having a really difficult time figuring out if my list is even remotely realistic. I’d really appreciate if I could get some feedback on what I’m doing so I can figure out if I need to completely readjust or not!</p>
<p>Gender: Female</p>
<p>Location: California</p>
<p>GPA: 3.7 unweighted (school does not weight grades)</p>
<p>Class rank: School does not rank</p>
<p>SAT I:
First try: 720 CR 720 M 800 W (2240 total)
Second try: 800 CR 690 M 740 W (2230 total)
Best combination: 2320 total
Best M&CR only: 1520
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<p>There are other schools that will give you assured merit for stats. </p>
<p>As Thumper mentioned, there are schools that “might” give you money…those are competitive merit scholarships. </p>
<p>How much will your parents pay each year? If they won’t pay much, then a $25k merit from Tulane won’t be enough since it has a cost of attendance of about $55k per year… </p>
<p>Both my boys had stats similar to yours and they were only given $24k from Tulane (Tulane now gives $25k). </p>
<p>Anyway…if you need merit to go to school, then to protect yourself do NOT only apply to schools with competitive scholarships. You ALSO need to apply to some schools that will give you ASSURED big merit scholarships for stats.</p>
<p>What is your likely major?</p>
<p>How much will your parents contribute each year? </p>
<p>How did you do on the PSAT? Are you a NMSF?</p>