Please tell me my chance of getting into these colleges, thanks

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Statistics
25-30% of the school
3.55 GPA
2200
Bio Subject Test 780, Math II 800
Live in NYC

Below is my list of colleges:
Reach:
Unpenn (ED)
Cornell (HEOP)
UCLA
Carnegie Mellon
U Michigan (EA)

Safety
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
Binghamton
Stony Brook

Extracurricular- President of Math Club, Paid internship to tutor, normal tutor internship (2), member of the student government, Varsity Track, Leadership course & advocate to city officials for changes, Intern in an organization, City Math Team

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This is a very risky list. It is entirely possible Binghamton and Stony Brook are your only choices. Students with much higher stats get rejected from the schools. Applying to Michigan, UCLA and Illinois from NY is exceedingly hard and you won’t get a penny from them.

Is there anything in particular you want to study? You seem open to going far, which is good.

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I wanna study computer science, but I really hope to go to schools outside of new york city.

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How much can your parents afford? Private schools cost as much as $65k per year and OOS publics as much as $50k or more per year.

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I am from a low income family, around 30k annualy. I think I can get the financial aids, but I am really not concerned about the money. I did some research though, most of the schools on my list are 40k. I am willing to take the loans.

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do you know any more safety schools that will fit my stats?

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Your instate schools and private schools will give you financial aid. At some private schools many actually, with income of 30k, you could get a free ride, with perhaps some work study.

So forget those out of state schools.

Are you a minority student?

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You can’t take out loans for that much money. I think you are limited to $27k TOTAL for 4 years.

https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/types/loans/subsidized-unsubsidized

Your parents would have to do it and it sounds like that is not possible. You have to apply to schools that will award you a lot of financial aid or merit aid. Your GPA might keep you out of very top schools like ALL of your REACH schools. You can’t afford UIUC as they are stingy with aid.

Research schools that meet full need as well as automatic large scholarships.
http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com
http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/articles/2014/09/15/colleges-and-universities-that-claim-to-meet-full-financial-need

Many of the meet full need schools are VERY selective.

How did your PSAT go? Are you a possible NMSF?

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Are you male or female? And what is the breakout of your very good SAT score?

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Consider university of rochester, case western, RPI, WPI, virginia tech. There are lots more but those are the ones that come immediately to mind. Stony brook and bing are solid safeties but you might want to add a couple more.

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I am a male, my sat score is 680(english) 800 (Math) 720 (writing), I am male, chinese

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What is hard for a relatively high stat student wanting to go into Computer Science is that the privates are really hard to get into and many of the other great schools are state schools.

Keep your private reaches but you may want to add schools like RIT, RPI, WPI, Lehigh, Bucknell, University of Rochester, Rutgers & Rowan (even though they are OOS), Cornell and Stevens.

You should run the financial aid calculators.

Stony Brook is an excellent option by the way. You should also qualify for a Pell Grant which is about 5k a year.

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My PSAT scores are terrible, they are not even over 200

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What about Stevens Institue of Technology? Does anyone know if there are scholarships? Or decent financial aid?

University of Alabama This is Automatic
Application Deadline: December 1st
Award: Full Tuition
Out-of-State Requirements: 3.5 GPA, 32 ACT or 1400 SAT (CR+M)
In-State Requirements: 3.5 GPA, 30 ACT or 1330 SAT (CR+M)
Out-of-State Scholarships - Undergraduate Scholarships - The University of Alabama
In-State Scholarships - Undergraduate Scholarships - The University of Alabama
Award: Full Tuition + $2,500/year
Requirements (Eng/CS Only): 3.5 GPA, ACT 30 or 1330 SAT (CR+M)
Scholarships - Undergraduate Students - The College of Engineering - The University of Alabama

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I am kind of hoping to get into Cornell through the HEOP program. I think they only require very little tuition, but I think I will need a higher GPA.

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Thank you so much. University of Alabama sounds like a perfect school. Would it be a safety school for me?

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I think UA is a safety. You would still have to pay room & board. You are a very good student and should apply to Cornell and others that meet full need.

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Seems like a good list. You did not mention needing aid. I’d leave the OOS on there since they are far better options than SUNY.

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^the OP is very low income $30k annual.

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University of Alabama will be a safety. You will get the automatic full tuition scholarship if you apply by the deadline. It is a wonderful school that will provide you many opportunities.