<p>So I know that in order to get a free ride at a school you need to be in the top %10. Im trying to figure out which schools give the most free rides(or close enough) to their top scholars, and which schools I would be considered a top scholar. Im completely inundated by how many universities there are and have no idea how to research them all. </p>
<p>If you know of any school that are good schools, maybe not ivy league or mini ivy, but a good named school were a 3.83 UW and 4.44 W with all honors and a couple of aps that got all A's in(I only got B's in a few non-academic classes). I got 4's of all of my APs including Bio. With a 1900 sat score. Varsity as a sophmore, and 5 president officer positions, 2 treasurer, SGA, NHS, SNHS, MNHS, and science academy. Over 200 SSL hours and extensive leadership and community service experience would be considered the top 10 percent. Im just trying to figure out what range im in and my chances, ill go for scholarship money over acceptance to a school like sanford. What colleges would give me a free ride? </p>
<p>Oh yea and i qualify for absolutley no financial aid. Whatsoever</p>
<p>There is a very large pool of students with high GPAs…(many high schools are graduating 10 or more kids with Perfect GPAs).</p>
<p>There is a smaller pool of students with very high ACT/SAT scores.</p>
<p>There is an even smaller pool of students who have both high GPAs and high test scores. **The students with both have the best chances of getting great merit scholarships **from the schools that give them…as long as the test scores are well within the top 25% (often the top 5-10% of the school).</p>
<p>So, your 1900 SAT is largely going to determine what merit scholarships you’d get at the schools that give them. What is your M+CR score? Are you retesting?</p>
<p>Free rides are hard to get without being a NMF or having much higher scores. I don’t even think there are any mid-tier schools that give a lot of merit for a 1900 SAT (guessing that your M+CR is about a 1250.</p>
<p>How much money will your parents contribute? If you don’t know, ask them.</p>
<p>A community college maybe? Seriously, I can’t think of any full rides for the combination presented as your test scores are not terribly high - not that they’re bad, but just not outstanding and many schools give no full scholarships at all. Look at the third/fourth tier publics in your state or the CC’s. I think you may find full tuition there.</p>
<p>Well I guess my test scores arent good enough to get the free ride I was looking for, but maybe full tutition or atleast 75% of my tutition is what ill go for. I got a 1280 M+CR so yes you were pretty close. I live in the state of maryland and most third or fourth tier schools dont give too many scholarships Ive heard.</p>
<p>Even getting full tuition or 75% tuition would be hard to find with a M+CR SAT of 1280 unless you were considering low ranked schools. </p>
<p>Are you going to test again? you should take the Nov SAT and study hard for those 2 sections. </p>
<p>What is your situation? How much will your family pay each year towards college? From that we can figure out how much merit you need.</p>
<p>Just to give you an idea of what your current scores would get you…</p>
<p>Out of state student scholarship from my state’s Flagship U
Students who have a 28-29 ACT or 1250-1320 SAT (critical reading and mathematics scores only) and at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA will receive $3,500 per year.</p>
<p>OOS tuition is about $21k, yet you’d only get 3500 per year. </p>
<p>However, if you raised your M+CR in November to a SAT 1330 then you’d get a 2/3 tuition scholarship…which is about $14k per year.</p>
<p>If you get a 1400 M+CR then you’d get free tuition.</p>
<p>cross posted with the OP…I now see that she’s retested. If scores go up, then Sign up for the Nov test as well.</p>
<p>Hey! I don’t know what state you’re in, but I think these are a couple of good schools you might have a shot at:
Adelphi University (Long Island, New York)
Drexel University (Philadelphia, Penn)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (N.Y)
Fordham University (New York)
Hofstra University (New York)
University of Wisconsin at Madison</p>
<p>If you’re a girl you can try applying to the Seven Sister Colleges and other schools that have an option of not sending in your test scores. ----> That would be a really good option for you though!
Smith, Bryn Mawr, Mt. Holyoke.</p>
<p>I’ll be able to give a better list if you do mention in your state. :)</p>
<p>I don’t know if it is too late, but have you considered taking the ACT? My daughter took both tests in her junior year just a week apart from one another and scored much higher on the ACT than the SAT. Just a thought…</p>
<p>Oops, just noticed the OP was from 2011. Sorry about that!</p>
Sign up for the Nov test as well.</p>
----> That would be a really good option for you though!