<p>my gpa is 3.65 unweighted and 4.5 weighted.
i've taken all honors/ap classes since freshman year, i am a junior now. i've taken ap English language and composition, ap world history, ap human geography, and ap biology and plan on taking ap psychology, ap environmental science, ap calculus, ap economics, and ap government and politics next year.
i am involved in ncl (national charity league) and have gotten the presidential award for over 50 hours of community service and the most in my grade level for three years running.
i have played field hockey and been a thrower in track since freshman year.
i am also a member of the environmental club and a club that tutors students in english.
i haven't taken the sats/acts yet, but i am doing so next month.
i live in ct, and i don't want a school that is too big, or too small. probably around the 3,000-25,000 range would be fine.
i don't want a school that is really expensive and i would apply for financial aid.
any ideas for schools i should apply to?</p>
<p>brandeis,dickinson or butler university</p>
<p>Go to UCONN, you can probably get into Honors Program.</p>
<h1>26 National Public Universities in USNWR rankings.</h1>
<p>With money your parents will save with in state tuition, maybe they could help you out with a new car, apartment, or with grad school.</p>
<p>I’d apply to Washington University in St. Louis. It’s good sized, but not too big, has great food and ambiance and is a fantastic school academically :). Their financial aid is pretty good too.</p>
<p>I’d also apply to the gambit of ivies. Most of them are in the same size range and they all offer good aid.</p>
<p>Emory and Rice are also good, not sure on the aid for them though :/</p>
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<p>Rice gives almost a full ride to anyone whose parents make under $80k a year combined</p>
<p>WUStL, Rice and Emory are reaches for everyone and getting in is very dependent on scores, among other things.</p>
<p>You’ve said what you’ve done in high school, what are you interested in college? Do you still want to play sports, have a specific major in mind? How far are you willing to go from home? Also, with a range of 3000 to 25000, you might as well throw out the size preference.
Some schools that you might look at just to get started
University of Mary Washington
Creighton University
Lehigh University
St. Olaf
College of Willaim and Mary
University of Rochester
Elon University
SMU
University of Denver
University of Portland</p>
<p>In regards to what I want to do for college, I’ll probably try to do a club sport. I’m willing to go far to get into a good school. Also, for a major, I keep switching… Not sure if I want to do PreMed or Biomedical Engineering or English. So many options.
Here’s a few schools I’ve thought about, if this helps…
Colgate
Tulane
University of California San Diego
Lehigh
UChicago (definitely a stretch)
Carnegie Mellon
Wake Forest</p>
<p>Have you asked your parents what they can afford?
Have you run any of the Net Price Calculators on schools’ financial aid pages with your parents income tax returns?? You could also do EFC calculator on College Board website. </p>
<p>It is important that you talk about the financial aspects early on in the search.</p>
<p>How did you do on the PSAT or the PLAN?</p>
<p>i took the psats, and not very well- i think i got an 185? but i didn’t study for it at all and i plan on studying for the sats, as well as going to classes.</p>
<p>Here is a decent list, but none of these schools are going to be cheap. I would apply to your flagship state schools as well for a cheap option:</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon
Boston College
Northeastern University
Fordham
George Washington
American
Wake Forest
Lehigh
Tulane
UConn as a safety</p>
<p>If your SAT/ACT scores and AP test scores are high I would throw in Northwestern as well.</p>
<p>Also keep Chicago on the list - you never know!</p>
<p>“i don’t want a school that is really expensive and i would apply for financial aid.”</p>
<p>Many of the schools mentioned are over $50,000/year except for UCONN, and OP has not addressed my post #9. </p>
<p>It is fine to make suggestions but we all know affordability is a key factor!</p>
<p>You should apply to schools depending on the location, majors that they have, and programs that they have. You could use <a href=“Home – BigFuture | College Board”>Home – BigFuture | College Board; to find out what college fits you best.</p>