Recommend a university, please

College Search & Selection
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<p>Stats:</p>

<p>GPA: 3.7 (unweighted); Weighted: 4.2
SAT: 1970</p>

<p>-Math: 650
-CR: 690
-Writing: 630</p>

<p>Private high school
Total of 8 AP classes taken, rest all honors level
NHS in grades 10, 11, 12
Varsity Soccer 9, 10, 11, 12
Drama 10, 11
Math Team 9, 10
Debate Team, 12
Model UN, 12
Junior volunteer at local hospital 9, 10, 11, 12 (over 200 hours)
Islamic school 9, 10, 11, 12
Jobs at McD's and currently, Best Buy (average of 25 hours a week)
Ethnic minority - Afghan (parents are refugees)
Parents never went to college (not even to high school, actually)
From Minnesota
Lower-middle class</p>

<p>Looking for:</p>

<p>Big uni, public, diverse, urban
Leaning towards foreign langauge (Arabic and Farsi (Persian))
Great foreign study program</p>

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<p>Hey, we have the same SAT score
I thought you couldn't be in NHS as a sophmore...</p>

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<p>Ohio State University
SUNY Binghamton
UCLA (Reach, but give it a shot)
University of Michigan
University of Texas at Austin (Reach, but definitely give it a shot. The only university that offers majors in both Arabic AND Farsi).
University of Washington</p>

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<p>If finances are an important consideration, you need to be careful about costs as an out-of-state student attending a state university outside Minnesota. Your first investigations should be the campuses of the University of Minnesota, followed by looking at private schools that may give good financial aid to someone in your situation.</p>

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<p>I've already been accepted to the U at Twin Cities.</p>

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<p>May be a little bit of a reach, but Washington University of St. Louis (from what I hear) has a superb Arabic program. But socioeconomic status/URM (i think) could really help you. This really fulfills all of your reqiurements, as it is in St. Louis I believe and is just a great school/</p>

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<p>U of Pittsburgh?</p>

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<p>Just go to U of Minnesota, and major a CS or engineering. Its super computing center is world class and will be a great resource for your study/job/internship. Not to mention its legendary ChemE dept. yeah yeah I know it's fargo cold in winter time ;)</p>

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<p>Consider the University of Florida.</p>

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<p>He's an interesting candidate, so, I think he could get some decent merit aid at Ohio State and Binghamton definitely. He also stands a chance at Michigan. He even has a shot (not very big, but a shot) at Texas and UCLA.</p>

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<p>well he wants urban, so UCLA. thats very urban</p>

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<p>Aren't you too late for a lot of schools? Or are you thinking of going to the University of Minnesota and transferring?</p>

<p>Have you looked into the University of Wisconsin system? I thought Minnesotans could attend their schools for in-state tuition.</p>