<p>I'm going to be a senior this fall and I need some help looking for colleges. If anyone could give me recommendations that would be stellar! Just some stats about me:</p>
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<li>3.9 uw gpa</li>
<li>1600 SAT</li>
<li>I've taken 2 ap classes, ap comp (3) and ap push (2)</li>
<li>this year I'll be taking 3 ap classes, ap lit, ap calc ab, and ap spanish </li>
<li>I'm pretty strong on extracurricular activity; student body president, varsity basketball captain, ect...</li>
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<p>what I'm looking for in a college:</p>
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<li>small/medium size. I really want to be able to talk to the professor and get help</li>
<li>I'm not sure what major I want but I know I want to be a humanitarian/social worker so , IDK, maybe psychology? I want to be able to work with my hands and build stuff to better peoples lives (I can't draw to save my life though). It's kind of my dream to travel and help the poor; something along those lines. </li>
<li>I would like it in the East Coast just because I'm from the West Coast but any recommendations would be fine</li>
<li>I would like to school to be diverse. I'm Asian and I'm apart of the LGBT community</li>
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<p>note: right now for me college is a place where I can really start "life" get away from my crazy town and find myself. I would like to go somewhere in NY because of the energy of the place but there doesn't seem to be very many good school. I'm not a very academic person but still. Here are some colleges I'm considering </p>
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<li>smith college</li>
<li>occidental college</li>
<li>Syracuse university</li>
<li>queens college</li>
<li>Barnard college<br></li>
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<p>Thank you for your help!</p>
<p>What can your family afford? What is your home state?</p>
<p>I live in WA and my parents are in the lower middle class. I’m hoping to get enough financial aid to send me somewhere out of state. if not I’ll probably go to the local college there.</p>
<p>Your list so far is strong, I’d also check out Sarah Lawrence, Bard and Vassar.</p>
<p>(Recommended SLC for your emphasis of wanting individual time with teachers. At slc, you meet with professors individually every other week and class sizes are capped at 15 for seminars and 45 for lectures).</p>
<p>Why are you saying that you “are not a very academic person”?</p>
<p>Frankly some of the colleges listed (those which are NOT SAT optional) are reaches for the OP. For instance the OP’s scores are WELL below the 25%ile for Vassar. [College</a> Navigator - Vassar College](<a href=“College Navigator - Vassar College”>College Navigator - Vassar College) </p>
<p>Western Washington is a great in-state school though I’m unsure of the merit or FA.</p>
<p>“I live in WA and my parents are in the lower middle class. I’m hoping to get enough financial aid to send me somewhere out of state. if not I’ll probably go to the local college there.”</p>
<p>You do need to sit down with your parents and find out how much money they are ready, willing, and able to pay for your education. Run some of the Net Price Calculators with them to get ball-park figures for what the colleges/universities might expect them to pay. Talk about how much they expect you to make each year with summer jobs and/or school year jobs, and find out how they feel about student loans. There is a lot of good information for you at [FinAid</a>! Financial Aid, College Scholarships and Student Loans](<a href=“http://www.finaid.org%5DFinAid”>http://www.finaid.org) and in the Financial Aid Forum here at CC.</p>
<p>While you may be able to get in to lots of places, what your family can afford will ultimately determine where you attend.</p>
<p>If you need a lot of financial (merit) aid, you need to get that SAT score up. Practice and retake. You need at least a 2100 and ideally higher. Your grades suggest that this is possible. You might also want to try the ACT - some people do much better on it than others.</p>