Looking for match schools, help!!

College Search & Selection
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<p>About Me!
Female
Hispanic
Divorced parents so, upper lower class?</p>

<p>Stats -
Unweighted GPA: 3.85
Weighted GPA: 4.3 (hoping to raise it a tad this year with some new ap's!)
Class Rank 27/554</p>

<p>AP's so far:
Statistics - 3 (blegh)
English Lang (also blegh but hoping to retake)
European History (still gross but wasn't expecting higher haha)
Calculus BC - 4
US History - 5</p>

<p>Senior year will take: AP French, Linear Algebra/Calc 3, AP Psych, AP Bio/Chem, AP Econ (macro/micro), AP English Lit and dance </p>

<p>SAT I (only took once, retaking in October)
1990 - 630 (CR) 670 (W) 690 (M)</p>

<p>SAT II's
US History 710
Math II 680
French (not worth mentioning lol)</p>

<p>EC's -
I volunteer at a hospital over the summer. 4 hrs a week, at least 6 months....
Relay For Life Team captain for the past 3 years, next year will be my 4th (I help coordinate the event as well)
Key Club - 3 (will be 4 years)
NHS - 3 yrs
NFHS - 3 yrs
SGA Class Rep. 3 (will be 4 yrs)
Class Secretary this upcoming year
NHS Treasurer this year as well
Leadership program for my county, will be leading volunteer projects
HS Lacrosse - past 3 yrs, varsity junior year (been playing for 6 yrs)
HS Swimming - past 2 yrs, varsity both
Dance - summertime, not very long but hoping to pick it back up (did when I was little)
Babysitting same kids for the past 3 years</p>

<p>And if anyone's got any suggestions, I'd love those as well! Thanks in advance!</p>

<p>OH! I think I'll be getting some really nice rec. letters from several teachers/guidance counselor
I'll try to add anything else I forget.... </p>

<p>I got some suggestions such as JHU, Georgetown, and GWU but I still feel those are reach schools. I'd like some ideas for matches! Thanks so much!</p>

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<p>What is your home state? How much can your family afford?</p>

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<p>MD and not much, really :confused:
My mom makes around 35k a year maybe and my dad would be able to pitch in a couple grand but that’s about it…</p>

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<p>If you’re in California then the ucs have some match options for you</p>

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<p>What are your selection criteria? There are hundreds of match schools out there. What do you want in a school? Size? Distance from home? Part of the country? Major? etc…</p>

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<p>The UCs would be VERY expensive for someone from MD (try to keep up noodle).</p>

<p>OP, your stats are a good match for UMBC (pretty much a safety). Look at their Net Price Calculator to see what the FA forecast is.</p>

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<p>What do you want to do? What sort of colleges do you like? Pending answers, you could be considering anything from UMBC to York College of PA, etc.</p>

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<p>Well I’m not entirely sure what I want to major in. Ideally, I’d like a small/medium sized campus, preferably not rural, I’d like to stay on the east coast and that’s about as much as I’ve got it down to…</p>

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<p>ehhh Northeastern, Villanova and comparable schools</p>

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<p>You could try some of the LACs that are good with need-based aid. Franklin & Marshall comes to mind. I wouldn’t call it a safety, but it’s worth a try.</p>

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<p>Goucher, Loyola of Md., & Salisbury St. come to mind.</p>

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<p>Hood College has an honors program. You’re stats are at the top range for this school, but this could result in some merit aid in addition to need based aid.</p>

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<p>are you a national hispanic scholar?</p>

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<p>I’m not a national hispanic scholar, I’m not really sure what that is… But, thanks to all! I’ll look into their scholarships (if they have the criteria up to see) and hopefully I’ll find a solid safety with a nice amount of aid :)</p>