some help...please

College Search & Selection
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<p>Can anyone help me with some good choices for college for me?</p>

<p>First of all, here are some general stats:
[ *] College: ???
[ *] ACT: Comp. 26, Math 31, Science 29, bad on english and reading (Have always been terrible on stadardized tests)
[ *] unweighted GPA: 4.0
[ *] Rank: top 5%
[ *] Other stats: Take all AP's and honors courses available at my school, High Honors every semester, Former Student of the Month, Scholar Athlete ... blah blah blah
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Employed at a hospital, NHS, Student Council, Church Youth Group (have been on a few mission trips to South Dakota and Kentucky), Student Ambassador (traveled to Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland, Wales, and Scotland), Mentor in a mentoring program, Boy Scouts (this entails a ton of community service)
[ *] Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
[ *] School Type: Small but competitive public school 15 minutes outside Ann Arbor.
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Weakness - Standardized Tests</p>

<p>Growing up around the University of Michigan, naturally it is my first choice. However, I really don't think I will be accepted there. Also considering Michigan State University.</p>

<p>I want to go to school in an urban environment. Preferably, a fairly large school with a lot of opportunities (ex. research), good professors, and a comfortable setting. As for now, location isn't really an exceedingly important issue.</p>

<p>If you need any more information just ask and I'll let you know.</p>

<p>Can anyone give me some ideas?</p>

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<p>BU (in Boston), NYU (in NYC), Fordham (in Bronx), Northeastern (in Boston), Drexel (in Philly), Loyola College in Maryland (in Baltimore), Loyola University Chicago (in Chicago), and I'm sure you'll find many more. These are a few schools in "urban" environments (ie - right by cities). Discounting your test scores, though, UMich isn't TOO far of a reach.</p>

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<p>I'd recommend Case Western. Any university in Chicago would also work. Maybe you could try Georgia Tech, too.</p>

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<p>Just exactly how much money do you have available to pay for this?</p>

<p>Sit your parental units down in front of the computer with last year's tax returns and run the FAFSA calculators at FinAid</a>! Financial Aid, College Scholarships and Student Loans and see what they think of the numbers that come up.</p>

<p>If you do bad on standardized tests, take a good long look at the test-optional and no-test-at-all colleges and universities listed at The</a> National Center for Fair & Open Testing | FairTest There are lots of good options there.</p>

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<p>anyone else have recommendations?</p>

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<p>Depends on what you want. Do you want a more prestigious, studious school or one that is a little more laid back and fun?</p>

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<p>Well, idealy a combination of both. If I had to pick though, I would most likely choose the school that was more prestigious. Although, how prestigious the school is is not an extremely important issue to me.</p>

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<p>It all depends on the company you keep. My boyfriend is. Jr at NYU, and when I stay with him at his apartment we'll go out and those NYU students know how to gave a good time. My sister goes to TCNJ, and it's the same thing.</p>

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<p>what I want most is a great school in a great city.</p>

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<p>Where are you from?</p>

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<p>ann arbor, Michigan</p>

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<p>did you look at schools in Burlington or Providence?</p>

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<p>what schools are there?</p>

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<p>UVM in Burlington and Brown in Providence.</p>

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<p>I doubt I have even a slim chance of getting into Brown. As for Vermont, I know nothing about it, but I'll check it out.</p>

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<p>make sure you talk about your travel in your essay</p>

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<p>any other recommendations?</p>

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<p>How about U. of Colorado - Boulder? Boulder's not urban, but it's a GREAT city, 25 miles from Denver. Wake Forest's not large and not too urban either - it's in a residential area of a city of 200,000 - but they no longer require standardized tests for admissions. You'd seem to be the ideal type of "SAT/ACT-optional" candidate.</p>

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<p>Well, you're definitely a shoo-in for DePaul and Loyola in Chicago, but sadly your ACT score puts you on the fence for Northwestern and UChicago. I'm leaning toward yes, but then again I just hate to be a downer... anyway, my whole philosophy is you'll never get in if you don't apply, so I say go for it!</p>

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<p>yeah, my act score really ****es me off. It's the one thing that could keep me out of the schools I want to go to.</p>