<p>So I visited Wesleyan and Vassar back in April, and since then I've been positive that I will apply to Wesleyan ED; however, after recently visiting Wesleyan, I'm not really sure if I want to go there. The main reason I was interested in Wes was the Financial Aid and their science research opportunities, but Wes can't be the only one with good FA and a good science dept., right? I really loved Vassar when I visited, and the campus is amazing and I liked their creativity a lot. I never visited Wellesley, Mount Holyoke, or Smith, but they seem really nice, and I like the idea of an all women's college. I also really like how Holyoke and Smith are part of the five college consortium, and I love Massachusetts. I'm also hoping for a college that is very politically active on social issues, and I want the student body to be cool, which is a lot like how Vassar's was.. Then again, I want a college that will get my name out there and be recognizable so I can have lots of opportunities for grad school (or med school), and I don't really know much about the three women's colleges' science departments..
I also need a college with really good financial aid. I looked at Holyoke's net price calculator, and they had my EFC at 7,000, which is REALLY high. Like it would be a miracle if my family could afford $3,000. I'm also not very likely to get a lot of merit awards since I have pretty crap SAT scores (720 W, 620CR, 640 M; 740 BioM, 570 USHistory). I am taking the most difficult classes possible in my high school, and I do have the most rigorous schedule out of everyone in my class, but I don't really know if that will help. I also only have two years of a language since my schedule couldn't work it in, and most of the college recommend four years, so that might make it harder for me to get money (and even get accepted). Hrm..</p>
<p>It would be nice if there was a college that was relatively easy to get into, had great FA, an awesome science department, and nice people. </p>
<p>Sorry, this turned into more of a rant than anything with a point, but from this, what college would you recommend for me? I'm trying to figure out which one I should do ED for...</p>
<p>Thanks for the help! </p>
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<p><strong>oh and this isn't a "chance me!!" post, but I'll include my "chancing" info just in case you wanted to refer to it</strong></p>
<p>-High School Senior
-first gen college student
-low income family, and divorced. (~$40K for my dad, ~20K for my mom, but I receive none of her income and don't see her, so I'm not sure what that'll be like for the FAFSA)
-Rank: 4/221 cumulative, 3/221 Junior Year
-97% cumulative unweighted GPA, 4.8 weighted GPA (I'm pretty sure. I'm not really sure how the whole weighted and unweighted thing works.)</p>
<p>-Freshman Year: All honors courses, no AP courses available
-Sophomore Year: AP World History (no others available), all other classes were Honors
-Junior Year: AP Bio, APUSH, Pre-AP Chem, Pre-AP English, Honors Pre-Calculus,
-Senior Year: AP Chemistry, AP Calc, AP English, AP Mac.econ., AP Gov't, Honors Physics (no AP available), Human Anatomy and Physiology (and "elective" science with no honors or anything, but there is a prereq of 88% in a bio class). </p>
<p>--All A's for all of my classes, except for Honors Algebra II, which I got an 85% in.</p>
<p>-- Took spanish 2 at my high school freshman year(spanish 1 in eighth grade), but because of schedule constraints, I had to take french my sophomore year, but then that class was cut my Junior year, so I am taking spanish 2 at my local Penn State campus since spanish 2 at my high school was really a more difficult spanish 1. So overall, I have 4 years of languages, and three years of one language. </p>
<p>-Concert Band 4 years
-Marching Band 4 years
-Wind Ensemble 3 years
-Concertmaster of Concert Band and Wind Ensemble 2 years (counts as leadership)
-Section Leader(CB&WE) 3 years (counts as leadership)
-first soloist in clarinet section (CB&WE)2 years (kinda counts as leadership?)</p>
<p>-Currently in NHS, might be president next year!
-founded a language club Junior Year, President
-started a fandom club Junior Year, and am President (just for fun, and we want to help underclassmen find friends in their same fandoms!)
-FBLA since my sophomore year and will be a project representative senior year (this will include competition, community service, and writing a thirty page paper on the project). </p>
<p>-I work for my family business, which takes up A LOT of my time (usually more than thirty hours a week during the school year, about fourty during the summer). I am a manager there and have worked there (officially) since I was fourteen. My job and commitment to the business are the reasons my ECs are lacking.</p>
<p>-120 hours community service at nursing home, 70 hours working for a community organization, and about 30 hours between NHS and FBLA stuff. </p>
<p>-Awards: Department Award for Band (sophomore year and junior year) and Department Award for Academic Achievement in Science (Junior Year)</p>
<p>-Chosen by school and local rotary club to participate in week long leadership camp, and I was fully sponsored by the rotary club. Only two kids in my school were chosen.</p>
<p>-Subject tests: 740 on Biology M and 570 on World History. I plan on retaking Biology M and taking the Literature Subject test, and will get better scores. ...hopefully.</p>
<p>-SAT: I took them in March and got a 1980 (640 Math, 620 CR, and 720 Writing). I took them in June for the first time thinking I'd get a 2100.. eesh. I'm retaking them, too. Hopefully I'll get around a 2100; I'll study more this time around. But for the chancing, let's just pretend that I'm applying with this score. </p>
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