<p>Hi everyone! I am slowly becoming the "college counselor" to my daughter's friends. They all come to me for advice because I knew alot about my daughters options.</p>
<p>Here is my question:</p>
<p>Does anyone know of any good schools for a student with a 28 ACT and a 4.00 UW GPA. 4.23 weighted. Class rank 13/165. Has extensive EC's (depth), AP classes/course rigor, and fantastic letters of recommendation. (I read one of them). She needs a school with GREAT merit aid or need based aid. Parents make $75,000 per year. White. Undecided on major.</p>
<p>Any advice would be very much appreciated! Thank you! :)</p>
<p>Most scholarships are primarily based on the SAT and ACT scores and not on gpa. I know of several cases with avg grades but stellar (1500 or higher SAT) that got huge money and a gazillion kids with 4.0 and above avg but not stellar SAT (1200-1300) that got ZERO money. So target schools in the second and third tier to find which ones will give you the need based “merit” aid you apparently need or desire. </p>
<p>There are hundreds of schools which will give you money. They just wont be in the top 75 schools or so.</p>
<p>That would leave living expenses in Birmingham, books, and miscellaneous expenses. She should try the net price calculator link that is shown on the scholarship page.</p>
<p>As mentioned above, test scores often drive merit more than GPA and ECs (altho GPA must be good).</p>
<p>If the parent earn about 75k, then their EFC could be about $13,000 per year (perhaps more if the family has assets or 401k contributions). Do you know how much they’ll pay? If they can’t pay their EFC, then the student will need a very large scholarship so that the balance can come from student loans, student summer income, and parent contribution. </p>
<p>Try:</p>
<p>Depauw (Indiana)
UAB (scholarship above is very generous)
LSU
Miss State
Truman State
Troy University
Springhill</p>
<p>UAB is an amazing deal and I suspect tough to beat, public or private. But, two other OOS publics with reasonable prices…</p>
<p>Truman State. Tuition/Fees/Room/Board is $21,000 for OOS. Would qualify for $6,000 in automatic scholarships for a net of $15,000. Check their online net price calculators.</p>
<p>University of Wyoming. Tuition/Fees/Room/Board is $21,500 for OOS. Would qualify for $6,000 in automatic scholarships for a net of $15,500. Check their online net price calculator.</p>
<p>Have them run the net price calculators on all of the Ohio publics, I suspect that those would be among the best options.</p>
<p>Public schools in North Dakota and South Dakota have low out of state list prices (under $20,000 per year), so that may be an option even if financial aid is not much.</p>
<p>My son attendends Troy U in Troy Alabama…he made a 780 in Math and 710 in English was # 13 in his class.They gave him a full ride for 4 years includes out of state tution.This his first year,he is a music education major and is in the Sound Of The South.</p>
<p>We didn’t find DePauw to be particularly generous with merit aid. D’s test scores were quite a bit better than those of the student whom the OP is helping and we would have still been paying $30,000+ if she were to attend. I don’t know what their need based aid is like.</p>
<p>Hiram College in Ohio. University of Utah. University of Montana. Mercyhurst. Carleton is a reach but the need based aid is very good if she gets in.</p>