<p>Tulane (reach)
Colorado (match)
UTexas (reach)
U British Columbia (no idea)
Colorado College (high reach)
USC (high reach)
aTm (safety)
LSU (safety</p>
<p>As you can see I need some more matches… Any suggestions? University of Washington (seattle)?</p>
<p>It would help if we knew your interests and school size preferences. Here’s a wide variety:</p>
<p>Fort Lewis (safety) - It’s the Rockies. Doesn’t get much better than that.
Northern Michigan (safety) - Michigan’s UP on Lake Superior in remote woods, cold winters, and Northern Lights. Also, a surprisingly strong English department.
Montana - Missoula (match) - Could be tough OOS, but has great English, and, once again, the Rockies.
Carleton (reach) - Tough, but has one of the largest (if not the, I’m not sure) campus arboreta in the country.
Williams (reach) - It’s a long shot, but the Berkshires a great for the outdoors.</p>
<p>^ Have you visited any colleges? If so, how many, and which ones? I personally think you can feel which is a better fit for you after you have visited big colleges and smaller ones.</p>
<p>But alas, no I have only visited UT because my college settings are so spread out across the country and acceptances are iffy. My family does not want to spend the money to fly me out to different regions until I get accepted. </p>
<p>But do you think everyone has a preference for large or small? If so, I will begin some serious soul searchin!</p>
<p>maybe not. You didn’t give your GPA. You have to show serious interest–get a local interview ASAP if you can. A lot of the same kids who like Colorado College also like Whitman and vice versa.</p>
<p>My GPA is 3.83W and ~3.5UW, but on my last transcript I actually slipped out of the top quarter and am now in the 26%ile and I know that can be a big deal even though I think thats stupid. </p>
<p>I already had an interview with Colorado College and it seems like a great fit so I will look into Whitman. Is Whitman generally easier to get into than CC?</p>
<p>Yes it is. It’s less selective because they get fewer applicants, but interestingly, their admitted student GPA and SAT stats are slightly higher than Colorado College’s. It is really important to show that you’re seriously interested. If you need financial aid, Whitman won’t hold that against you as they are need blind whereas Colorado College is not.</p>
<p>You can get free out-of-state tuition to the University of Alabama…UA uses your weighted GPA</p>
<p>Presidential Scholar
An out-of-state first-time freshman student who meets the December 1st scholarship priority deadline, has a 32-36 ACT or 1400-1600 (math + critical reading) SAT score and at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA will be selected as a Presidential Scholar and will receive the value of out-of-state tuition for four years. </p>
<p>Must apply by Dec 1st to the school and must allow submit scholarship app by Dec 1.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t consider Tulane that much of a reach. I would say shoot for Tulane! Haha. I loved Tulane when I looked into it, I was >–< this close to going.</p>
<p>Yeah, i’m not sure Tulane, UT-Austin (OOS), or USC is really that much of a reach either. I’m partial but Tulane is great. I also really like UT-Austin.</p>
<p>Don’t know where you get our info but UTA is a BIG reach. The primary factors considered are rigor and class rank. The OP is at the 24% and 75% at UT are in the top 10%. They also consider state residence and OP is OOS. Less than 5% are OOS in the freshman clasa and the school.</p>
<p>If you consider Colorado (match), UTexas (reach), Tulane (reach), Colorado College (high reach), and USC (high reach), may I suggest that you consider U Arizona, SUNY Stony Brook, U Delaware, U Vermont, Denver, and American U.</p>