<p>Um, hello. I'm new to the forum.</p>
<p>My friend and I are planning to attend the same college, but are having a hard time finding one we can agree upon. We are both willing to compromise, seeing as we find it important to stay together.</p>
<p>He's currently a senior in high school. He's been a member of FFA for four years, is very environmentally conscience, and has good grades. (A/B average in CP or higher courses if I remember correctly.) He hopes to one day own an all organic restaurant. He's looking for an environmentally friendly school with agricultural courses (Greenhouse management, sustainable and organic farming, etc.), and if possible culinary arts. Things he'd like, but can compromise on: rural, beautiful scenery, mountains, cooler weather. His hobbies are visual arts, photography, plants, and cooking.</p>
<p>I'm currently a junior in high school. I haven't joined any clubs until this year, and I'm now a member of Art Club and a soon to be member of Latin Club. I have an A/B average in CP courses, excluding mathematics where I'm a B average in standard classes. I'm definitely interested in linguistic and cultural anthropology, LGBT studies, and I'm highly involved in visual arts and creative writing. I'm looking for a school that offers at least two of the areas I'm interested in, especially if they offer the two anthropology courses. Things I'd like, but can compromise on: more urban setting, beaches, etc. My hobbies are art, photography, aquarium keeping, writing, and cooking.</p>
<p>I know we're asking at lot, but any help is greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>-Evan</p>
<p>Do you have class rank and scores? Will you go anywhere in the Country? How much can you spend?</p>
<p>I’m rather tired and my brain isn’t functioning normally. Please explain what you mean by class rank and scores. (I feels stupid, because I know what your asking and yet I don’t. I’m just really tired. Sorry.)</p>
<p>Just about anywhere. We’d rather not to be in “nowhere” states like Kentucky, Kansas, Wyoming, Tennessee, etc. but we are really open to anywhere.</p>
<p>Of our own money? Um, probably just living expenses and books. We are applying for any and every scholarship we can.</p>
<p>What state do you live in?
What are you gpa’s weighted and unweighted?
what is your SAT/ACT?
how much money can your family spend on college?</p>
<p>answering those would be a good start</p>
<p>I mean. Lass rank and SAT or ACT scores.</p>
<p>Scholarships are hard to come by for most. This is why many must attend their state schools unless they have the top grades and scores to get into generous need based aid schools or merit aid schools.</p>
<p>The first thing you need to do is each calculate your EFC, that will give you an idea of how much colleges will expect your family to pay. There is a calculator on this site. Money needs to lead in making a list.</p>
<p>We are both from Tennessee.</p>
<p>I don’t know much about unweighted and weighted GPAs. I’ve only been attending public school since last year, and before then I was home schooled. Um, if I remember correctly my GPA was 3.29 as of last year. His GPA is something like 3.51 if I remember correctly. Sorry I can’t help you more.</p>
<p>I haven’t taken either of those tests, but will be taking both this year. I don’t know his, but will ask him on Tuesday what his were.</p>
<p>As far as my family, no more than a couple thousand. As for his family, I’m not sure but I wouldn’t say much.</p>
<p>I’m sorry for knowing so little. Even after a year of being in the public school system, I’m still very confused concerning the ends and the outs. Sorry.</p>
<p>Without scores and class rank it’s impossiblt to say. Colleges decide what they want your parents to pay, and it’s unfortunately more than parents can/want to pay often.</p>
<p>If you both get high scores, some out of state schools may be realistic. If scores are not great, you probably need to look at in state colleges.</p>
<p>I used a EFC calculator on another site and it said that it didn’t expect my parents to pay anything.</p>
<p>Sorry I couldn’t give you more information. I’ll see what information I can get on Tuesday and come back. Hopefully I’ll at least have some useful information then.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>You might want to consider some in-state options as the safest bet. I’m not too familiar with Tennessee, but I’ve heard basically the closer you get to Nashville the more liberal the area is. The reason I’d say a large TN public would be the kind of school to aim for is for the in-state advantage and cheaper CoA (you need the both of you to be able to get in and attend) and both of your intended areas of study are a little divergent and a large school is more likely to have resources in a wider range of disciplines.</p>