So I realized I won't be able to afford any top school..

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<p>My parents make well above any combined average, so we probably won't be eligible for any financial aid. However they make a certain amount, and have to use a certain amount, that will make it impossible to be paying 50,000+ a year (tuition, dorming, etc)</p>

<p>So.. I am looking for schools, preferably in the Northeast area, that I may get some merit aid to, or just isn't very expensive.</p>

<p>White, NYC Catholic school
35 ACT, 97.7 GPA
720 Math I, 680 Chem, 680 Bio
Decent-Good ECs and volunteering stuff
Letters of Rec. will be very good</p>

<p>So far I have..
Macaulay Honors College at CUNY (free tuition if I get in, if not then I will be paying the CUNY tuition [5000] + dorming I guess [~12000])
Adelphi University (should get merit aid)
St Johns (will definitely get merit aid)</p>

<p>I would like some better schools though =P</p>

<p>EDIT: probably Chemistry major</p>

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<p>i think you can get into coopers union, tuition is free.</p>

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<p>Check out U of Rochester.</p>

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<p>Macaulay is an outstanding program. You might also want to look at U Pittsburgh, SUNY Stony Brook, and UMass.</p>

<p>If you are willing to look a little farther afield, consider U Minnesota, Ohio State, and Texas A&M.</p>

<p>EDIT: SUNY Buffalo should also be considered.</p>

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<p>You may be looking at a full-ride to Fordham. Try for the full-ride to Bing, too.</p>

<p>Consider sending an app to Harvard–they may toss some good money at you, and given its reputation, it might be the only school worth ~50,000.</p>

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<p>Try Fordham (good academics, Catholic, NYC). You’d be in the running for their full ride Presidential Scholarship. Even if you didn’t get that, you’d be certain to get the one that’s like $10k-$22k. Tuition and fees aren’t as high as some schools, anyway.</p>

<p>Edit #1: ^Great, now I seem unoriginal
Edit #2: Tuition and fees = $36k/year, so full ride would make it free, and even $10k-$22k would seriously cut that down.</p>

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<p>If you are willing to consider a rural, midwestern top-20 LAC, with outstanding sciences, great facilities, small classes and no distribution requirements, take a look at Grinnell. </p>

<p>With your stats, you will be eligible for both generous financial and merit aid. S is a chem major and he loves the place. For more info, check out the Why Grinnell thread listed on that college forum.</p>

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<p>How about Westpoint? Excellent in pretty much everything.</p>

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<p>… Thank you for your post, saiyans.</p>

<p>Cooper Union, I’ll add for Chemical Engineering. Stony Brook and Fordham I will also have. I’ll check out the other schools</p>

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<p>U of Chicago gives 30 full rides a year, you may want to consider that. You will still be in an Urban envrionment much like that of NY.</p>

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<p>Just wondering, have you considered applying for outside merit scholarships?</p>

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<p>You might also see whether your school would nominate you for the Jefferson Scholars program at the University of Virginia. Only one student per school can be nominated; however, not too many are given out.</p>

<p>Will you be a National Merit Semi-finalist? </p>

<p>Keep in mind that lots of schools give merit aid to kids with great statistics.</p>

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<p>I guess I will try for outside scholarships… but aren’t most smaller amounts like $500? =P</p>

<p>I will not be a National Merit Semi-finalist, for sure</p>

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<p>Outside scholarships are very difficult to get and you don’t hear about most of them until after the May 1 deadline. Around here, they are given to many more public school kids than private school kids. I guess the local banks, organizations, etc. think that if you can pay private school tuition, you don’t need $$. NYC may be different because private schools are very common.</p>

<p>Take a look at some of the merit threads/guaranteed scholarships at the top of the Parents and Financial Aid Forums.</p>

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