I just took the ACT for the first time and I got a 30.
I am in full IB - meaning I am on track to get an IB high school diploma
I am the copy editor of the school’s yearbook and on track to be the editor and chief next year
I am the leader of Brownies and Books club
I am an attorney of my school’s mock trial team
I am in DECA
I am a member of my school’s Teens for Life Club
I volunteer at a rehabilitation center
I volunteer on many church retreats
I attend youth group and bible study on a weekly basis.
My GPA is around a 3.8 (I got two B+ freshman year but haven’t got any since)
1 question when looking for colleges, How much can you and your parents afford? If you are in-need of FA and/or merit aid, this is where you start looking.
2 Home State?
3 Intended major?
Do you want a religious based school? Small/Large? Urban/Rural?
You have a pretty wide range of options to consider
- Money is not really a problem for considering my colleges
- Indiana
- I am looking at something with secondary education and english I do not have a huge preference on whether it is religious based or not. I would like a school that isn't too large but not so small that everyone knows each other. I would like a more urban based campus
You have a lot of good options. Does in state or out of state matter?
UW-La Crosse would be an option, good school, you’d get a nice degree, medium-sized but really active and close student body, and it’s gorgeous there. You might also want to consider Marquette, my friend’s daughter attended Chestnut Hill College in PA and adored it, though it might be a little small or too far away for you. Lehigh, Hofstra, University of Vermont, all possible options.
If you do not yet have a list of specific colleges you like, start by checking out Indiana-Bloomington.
Out of state public schools may not make too much sense, because for an experience that isn’t too different from what you’d get at Indiana, you’d probably pay an extra ~$20K/year. If that does not matter and you really do want an urban campus, check out the University of Pittsburgh.
If no financial aid at all is in the picture, a private school would cost you an extra ~$40K/year. If that does not matter and you want an urban university that is a bit smaller than the typical state flagship, check out these schools:
George Washington University (DC)
American University (DC)
Villanova (Philadelphia area)
Northeastern University (Boston)
Tulane (New Orleans)
St. Louis University
University of Denver
Carnegie Mellon (in Pittsburgh) is a more selective possibility.
But again, if no aid is in the picture, you’d be paying a hefty premium to attend one of these schools instead of Indiana.
Indiana-Bloomington is excellent overall. But of course, it is not urban.
Some very good schools in or near metropolitan areas include…
Washington University
Saint Louis University
U of Rochester
Ohio Wesleyan University
Macalester College
Lewis & Clark College
Vanderbilt University
U of South Carolina
U of Washington-Seattle
Butler University.
Bradley University.
Drake University.
Rhodes College.
-Vanderbilt
-Loyola University Chicago
-Butler University
-Case Western
-Rhodes College
Check out the University of Pittsburgh. Academically you fit perfectly, they have a school of education and it’s very urban feeling in a nice part of Pittsburgh.
Holy Cross in Massachusetts would be a good choice. HC offers lots of volunteering opportunities and has strong academics. HC students love the school and the Holy Cross website is informative.