<p>Your NFL points sort of suck no offense. </p>
<p>I hit 650 my Novice year not to mention being 1st alt in Stucon, Domestic Extemp, and placing 3rd in LD at state..</p>
<p>At my school they dont even care about NFL points, it's all about getting to the TOC.</p>
<p>In our district it wouldn't even be possible to attain 650 points in one year, there are 7 locals, at 24 points each, plus another 24 for quals, that's 192, then national tournaments, etc, the only reason you did that is because you must've double entered in DX and FX along with others, either way, points don't matter, I win 1st at every tournament I go to, and I have no idea what Stucon is, you must live out west somewhere.</p>
<p>Alright</p>
<p>So far, I've gotten it to</p>
<p>BC - ED to increase chances
BU
George Washington U - found out I know a professor there
U of Chicago - I know its a longshot, but I'm doing ED, and I figure with their "uncommon" app, looking at not only numbers, but personality, I have a shot
American - slight safety?</p>
<p>Other than that, I really have no idea, does anyone have any ideas for more matches or safeties? I need a few safeties, but they need to offer what I want.</p>
<p>Area: Urban
School: Mid-Largeish (5,000-20,000)
Offers: Political Science, Journalism (And has a good program in each, the more gov/politics programs the better)
Student Body: Intellectual, can strike up an intruiging conversation with them
Acceptance: Obviously for safeties their criterion would have to be below my stats, but not like CC level, hehe
Good Aid: The more the better, basically</p>
<p>Thanks!!!</p>
<p>~Ben</p>
<p>Any opinions, hehe...</p>
<p><em>tumbleweed, blink, cricket</em> ....</p>
<p>I guess no one cares, oh well.... :-p</p>
<p>Sooo, yeah.....this is the last time I'll bump this I suppose, lol.</p>
<p>College of Wooster...good merit opportunities and political science. Remember financial aid needs to play a major role and where you apply. In April, you will kick yourself if you don't factor it in now. Have you looked carefully at how your selections so far deal with FA?</p>
<p>Yes, and most are quite expensive, but they all are fairly decent about it, except for BC, which I've heard is quite bad, I just want to have options. I'm not going to Wooster though, that's Ohio, I want to stay somewhere between the mid-atlantic and northeast/new england, the only exception being Chicago, and that's a reach. I appreciate it, but I just want to go to school in a large urban area at a nice school on the east coast with a strong Political Science program.</p>
<p>Figured I'd bump this....</p>
<p>Right now I'm at</p>
<p>BC - Slight Reach?
BU - Match
GWU - Match
American - Slight Safety
UChicago - Reach
Wake Forest - Match?</p>
<p>I'm not really sure though, any opinions?</p>
<p>Isn't BC harder to get into than UChicago? It seems to have a lot of social prstige these days, and a great location.</p>
<p>Duffman28, overseas is right. If you want aid, and you are not at a rock bottom income level, it's a major issue. You need to find a number of schools that have the money available, and offer merit aid in addition to need-based. However, I think that you are a good candidate, and being strong in debate will help. To get merit aid, you usually have to be a top level candidate for the school. Websites all say to be in the top 25%, but of course it would be easier to get the aid if you were in the top 10%. Most of the schools you mention do give aid. However, you probably need to add a couple more, where you are a safety candidate and highly likely to be given aid. Unfortunately, if you need a lot of aid and are not low low income, your decision of where to apply and where to go is constrained. You might have to be flexible on urban and large. Lately it seems that some of the LACs have more aid available than the big schools. Overseas is right. You almost have to think about the aid before the other factors. I've seen people fail on this and end up at their state u although they had acceptances to Stanford, etc. Not terrible, but not fulfilling their goal.</p>
<p>^ I know, but in all honesty, I'm not going to say my income, but it's quite low, there is only one parent, and that "EFC" calculator thing says we can pay like $1,500 a year, if that. I will look into some more safety schools though where I'll get more aid, I just don't know what, any ideas?</p>
<p>Any other opinions?</p>
<p>Furman, in Greenville SC. Medium sized city not far from Asheville, NC (larger city... Think Buffalo or Syracuse, but with 'southern charm'). Very good college for LA. It's about 3,000 students if I'm not mistaken (Which I probably am). Methodist I believe, and rather conservative. Another good one is Guilford College in Greensboro, NC. Smaller than Furman, Quaker, and very liberal. Other considerations: UNC Chapel Hill, located near Raleigh/Durham and not far from Greensboro; also not far from Charlotte (Major city, slightly smaller than Atlanta but still very nice). And that's it. :P</p>
<p>Oh, if your estimated family contribution is that low, you should be fine. A number of the schools on your list (including UChicago, Wake Forest) say that they meet 100% of need. I hope that you don't run into a situation with them expecting a contribution from your father, though, have heard that can happen. U of Rochester gives great aid. Claremont McKenna College matches your interests really well and gives aid (meets 100%), but it is small and not urban.</p>
<p>you have a chance. go for it</p>
<p>If you are looking for merit aid, I would check with American. The person I spoke with told me that merit aid only went to students last year with a minimum of a 3.8 unweighted and a 1300 on the sat. It is not the required stat, it is that everyone they gave merit aid to was no lower than that (as far as those two stats).</p>