My College List, could you make a revision?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hello,
I'm finishing up my college list, and I'd appreciate advice. A little about me:
Attend one of the best private schools in Illinois
GPA: 3.95 W (school doesn't rank or do UW GPA)
ACT: 28
I will need some financial aid if a college isn't close to around $20,000-$25,000 a year.
I probably should go to a smaller school as I tend to struggle in massive classes.
By smaller school I mean around 5,000-10,000 students, however, I am open to the idea of a large university.
Location: Anywhere except the deep South. The Midwest, East Coast, West Coast, and Florida region are all places I could attend school.
It'd be nice to have competitive sports teams, but just a decent amount of school spirit would suffice.
I want to study abroad in England for a year.
I'm interested in majoring in biology or chemistry, with future plans of becoming a podiatrist.</p>

<p>Here's my list at the moment:
University of Minnesota
University of San Diego
Oregon State University
Butler University
Boston College
University of Kansas
University of Wisconsin
possibly Seattle University or University of Miami (FL)</p>

<p>If there are schools you could suggest or comments on my list, all would be appreciated as I start applying.
Thanks for taking the time to read and comment.</p>

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<p>Although, I promote Wake Forest a lot, I think it could be a good fit for you. We are standardized testing optional, have a gorgeous climate, small school, and we have our own study abroad house in London (the Worrell House). I will say, that if you are lazy, it probably is not a good idea, because it is difficult and there is a reason I will be staying up most of tonight doing work :)</p>

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<p>I take back one of my statements. I’m not lazy, I get very few hours of sleep due to staying up for hw, however, in a class of 300 people I’d zone out. Also, thank you for the post. :)</p>

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<p>Clemson isn’t in the deep south and I think it would be a good fit for you since you are a science major.</p>

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<p>Not sure where you’re standing academically, but University of St. Louis might not be bad, or even University of Washington.</p>

<p>They’re both schools that excel in the medical/biology field.</p>

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<p>This is the one statement noone has addressed: “I will need some financial aid if a college isn’t close to around $20,000-$25,000 a year.”</p>

<p>I don’t know if you are needy or if your family just can’t afford a full pay college (like many other families), but you need to do a little investigation on your own. Oregon State and U Kansas would be ~$32K, U Wisconsin would be ~$34K, U Miami over ~$50K, U San Diego $48K, and those are just the ones I checked. You won’t get any FA for public OOS colleges beyond Stafford Loans. Most people look at their state colleges first since you get in-state rates, and Illinois has some good ones.</p>

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<p>Since when is South Carolina not deep south? I consider North Carolina south.</p>

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<p>deep south = Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi
well at least according to me haha</p>

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The culture of SC is very, very Southern. I’ve been to Clemson and I thought it was very Southern. North Carolina not so much.</p>

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<p>Florida is in the deep south…</p>

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<p>Might look at Holy Cross-good science programs and school spirit.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the suggestions. Holy Cross was a school I was looking at instead of BC. I looked at Clemson and thought it might be a tad too rural for me. UIUC isn’t bad, but my sibling applied there a year ago and the cost was almost equivalent to some of my out of state schools. Please keep the advice coming, its really helping me finalize my list.</p>