Modify my college list/Add more?

College Search & Selection
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<p>My intended major is something in the business field (MIS, entrepreneurship, etc) </p>

<p>*Asian male from Illinois
*ACT- 30 (Writing-10)
*GPA Unweighted- 3.7
*GPA Weighted- 4.2
*School doesn't rank
*AP Classes: 6
*Honors Classes: 9
*Volleyball (Two years)
*Soccer (One year)
*Indian Cultural Club (President & Founder)
*Mock Trial Team (Captain)
*Key Club (President)
*National Honors Society (Tutoring Director)
*Students of Service Member
*National English Honors Society
*National Spanish Honors Society
*Provena Student Ambassador (Shadowed nurses, physicians and physical therapists over the summer for two years)
*Provena Teen Volunteer (Weekly hospital volunteer)
*Library Volunteer (Ran summer programs, worked at the front desk and as a page, fixed computers)
*Tutor through NHS and library
*Native Indian musical instrument for 8 years
*300 hours of community service
*Summa Cum Laude
*School Mascot (Senior year)
Hook: Family hardship which is the basis of my common app essay</p>

<p>So far I've applied/applying to:
-Indiana University (ranked 18th)
-Miami University of Ohio (22nd)
-University of Illinois- Urbana Champaign (31st)
-Michigan State University (44th)
-Minnesota (51st)
-Ohio State (53rd)
-Purdue (61st)
-Alabama (75th)
-Mizzou (86th)</p>

<p>They are all ranked according to Best</a> Undergraduate Business Schools 2011 - Businessweek</p>

<p>What other colleges should I look at? I was looking at Northwestern and uChicago but those would definitely be reaches. I would be willing to take out a lot of loans to attend a highly ranked colleges if need be. Thanks!</p>

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<p>How much can your family afford?</p>

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<p><$30,000 a year without scholarships preferably</p>

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<p>I would be willing to take out a lot of loans to attend a highly ranked colleges if need be</p>

<p>Would your parents cosign such loans? If not, you won’t qualify for “a lot of loans”. You can only borrow the following amounts…</p>

<p>frosh 5500
soph 6500
jr 7500
sr 7500</p>

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<p>They are good schools. Keep UIUC in your list since you are in-state and it meets your cost requirements. You might get some $ at Bama. You won’t get anything at Purdue which puts it $10K over your limit.</p>

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<p>I’m sure my parents would take out ParentPlus loans if need be</p>

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<p>You might want to verify that.</p>

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<p>They said they will</p>

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<p>Minnesota out of state list price is just under your limit.</p>

<p>Alabama with the [url=&lt;a href=“http://scholarships.ua.edu/types/out_of_state.html]UA”&gt;http://scholarships.ua.edu/types/out_of_state.html]UA</a> Scholarship<a href=“2/3%20tuition”>/url</a> is well under your limit.</p>

<p>For every other school (including UIUC undergraduate business, which is just over your limit), see if it has a financial aid estimator or net cost calculator on its web site to give you an estimate of financial aid.</p>

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<p>Are there any other colleges that I should look at?</p>