<p>I'm a current Junior with a 3.4 GPA. I don't have an ECs and I'm not in any sports. I've taken 7 semesters of AP classes so far and I'm planning on taking 4 more semesters next year along with an IB class and an ACP class. I scored an 1870 on my SAT but I'm retaking it and I'm nearly positive that I will get a much better score (I had pneumonia for a week, didn't study, and was running on for hours of sleep when I took it the first time). I am also a refugee from Bosnia and Herzegovina, I don't know if that adds anything to it, but there are always questions about ethnicity on college exams and stuff. I'm extremely worried about college and the financial aspects of it and I can't really turn to my parents because they don't know what's going on either. Any help would be great, thank you so much.</p>
<p>You need to have a lot of EC’s of the things you’re passionate about or else you won’t get accepted.</p>
<p>LOTS of EC!!!</p>
<p>Do you guys think volunteer work over the summer or something like that would be good enough or should it be something school related? I would really like to go into psychology so there aren’t very many ECs that go along with that field.</p>
<p>“I’m extremely worried about college and the financial aspects of it and I can’t really turn to my parents because they don’t know what’s going on either.”</p>
<p>This is the first thing you need to learn about. There are scads of colleges and universities that would be happy to admit you (see the threads in the Parents Forum with titles like “Colleges for a 3.0 student”), but you need to be able to pay for your education.</p>
<p>Ask your parents how much money they can pay easily every year, and how much they can pay if they have a very tight budget. Some parents really can’t help their kids much at all, so you need to know now if that is going to be your case. There is a lot of good information here in the Financial Aid Forum, at [FinAid</a>! Financial Aid, College Scholarships and Student Loans](<a href=“http://www.finaid.org%5DFinAid”>http://www.finaid.org), and in books in your public library. Start by reading “Paying for college without going broke” and “Debt-free U”.</p>
<p>Your high school guidance office has years of experience in helping students with grades like yours find good places to study. Talk with your counselor and get some suggestions. Guidance offices often aren’t as helpful with the money business, so if that is the case at your high school, don’t hesitate to ask the experts here in the Financial Aid Forum for their advice. In particular, read anything by kelsmom. She used to be a college financial aid advisor and she knows just about everything there is to know about the FAFSA.</p>
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