School Suggestions for a soon to be senior

<p>Hi everybody! Senior year is coming up close for me, and I am still stuck with what schools to apply to. Any Suggestions would be helpful!!</p>

<p>I am going to be a senior at a small prep school in Omaha, Nebraska.</p>

<p>Me:
I have a 3.25 GPA (weighted)</p>

<p>ACT: Taken twice
Composite: 28/30
English: 31/26
Math: 24/25
Reading: 31/33
Science: 27/36 (so lucky)
Writing: 10/11</p>

<p>I will probably take it one more time, try and get a 32+</p>

<p>I have taken 3 AP's, AP Euro History (3 on AP exam), and AP US History (waiting on score), and AP Composition (waiting on score)
Next year i will take AP Literature</p>

<p>I am a mostly B student.</p>

<p>I am a 3-sport athlete.</p>

<p>Football- Captain Junior/Senior Year, lettered </p>

<p>Basketball- started varsity junior/(expected) senior year, lettered</p>

<p>Track- Varsity junior year/(expected) senior year</p>

<p>I am also a major component of our 5-time state championship speech team.</p>

<p>We have won state each year i have been in high school. In my event (duet acting) i have received 2nd, 3rd, and 3rd respectfully. </p>

<p>We won districts and conferences every year i have been on the team.</p>

<p>I won a national science competition (eCYBERMISSION. we won an award called the Application of Science, Technology, and Math) with a group of kids Freshman year.</p>

<p>I am part of my Academic Decathlon team sophomore and junior year. Junior year I made it to the State competition where i placed 1st in Hard Sciences, 2nd in Humanities and 2nd in Fine Sciences. </p>

<p>I made the Principal's list my Freshman and Sophomore year (all A's and B's. didn't junior year because of Spanish IV. my teacher is horrible!)</p>

<p>I am a student ambassador at my school, which is how i get most of my community service (help out the new kids)</p>

<p>Volunteer at my church on occasion.</p>

<p>I help with the middle School speech team. Help them with pieces and then i judge meets.</p>

<p>I also work at Old Navy. During the school year i work between 8-17 hours (saturday's and sundays) and during the summer i work 20-30 hours a week. </p>

<p>Colleges i am have looked at:
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
University of Kansas
LSU</p>

<p>Looked at other state schools such as Iowa and Missouri. Only problem is the price.</p>

<p>However i think a big school is the place for me.</p>

<p>With all my information, what do you think? I am confident i can get into all of these schools. My main issue is that my Dad isn't willing to spend more than in-state tuition for Nebraska (around $20,000 with room and board.) So where do you think i should go? any Scholarships you know of that i could ask schools about? Any information you have would be great.</p>

<p>It’s going to be tough to beat the cost/benefit of your in-state flagship. Don’t think your academics/scores are strong enough to be competitive for merit aid, unfortunately.</p>

<p>I think you have a good list of schools. May add UNL’s historic rival, CU-Boulder, but it’ll be much more expensive… </p>

<p>Any particular academic interest at this point?</p>

<p>LSU has scholarships for a 30 ACT score. I don’t know if it is guaranteed though. If it is, it might work. I would think that might bring LSU down to about 20,000.</p>

<p>[Entering</a> Freshman Nonresident Scholarship Programs](<a href=“http://www.lsu.edu/departments/scholarships/ScholarshipPrograms/SchlPrgms_EnteringFreshmanNonresident/item14533.html]Entering”>http://www.lsu.edu/departments/scholarships/ScholarshipPrograms/SchlPrgms_EnteringFreshmanNonresident/item14533.html)</p>

<p>bump…</p>

<p>Gay!!!</p>

<p>I used the CollegeBoard’s “College MatchMaker”, which is really awesome :slight_smile: You put in everything you want in a college (tuition cost, sports/majors available, location, setting, percentage of students admitted, etc.) and it spits out a list of colleges in the US that satisfy your requirements! Here’s the link for it:</p>

<p>[College</a> MatchMaker - Type of School](<a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board)</p>

<p>Maybe look into Arkansas and Oklahoma universities? :slight_smile: I think the universities around this area have in-state tuition for kids who live around, but not necessarily INSIDE, those states. Good luck!</p>