<p>Cost constraints?</p>
<p>Your current stats are very good, and should give you a lot of choices admission-wise (including safeties, matches, and realistic reaches). However, cost constraints are important to determine what schools have the potential to be realistic financially, particularly when selecting safeties.</p>
<p>If you have limited money, take a look here for some large scholarships:
<a href=“Automatic Full Tuition / Full Ride Scholarships - #300 by BobWallace - Financial Aid and Scholarships - College Confidential Forums”>Automatic Full Tuition / Full Ride Scholarships - #300 by BobWallace - Financial Aid and Scholarships - College Confidential Forums; (safety candidates)
<a href=“Competitive Full Tuition / Full Ride Scholarships - #50 by BobWallace - Financial Aid and Scholarships - College Confidential Forums”>Competitive Full Tuition / Full Ride Scholarships - #50 by BobWallace - Financial Aid and Scholarships - College Confidential Forums; (match/reach candidates)
In addition, your in-state public schools may offer good scholarships and/or financial aid to in-state students.</p>
<p>Some of the most selective schools (MIT, Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, etc.) make generous need-based financial aid claims (“meet full need”). However, their determination of “need” can vary, and they have different student (work and loan) expectations. To get estimates, go to each school’s web site and search for the “net price calculator” and use it.</p>
<p>For the most selective schools, you may want to try the SAT as well, since some students do better on the SAT than the ACT. Then retry the initially higher one in the fall if you want to try for a higher score. A few more points on the ACT or SAT may also improve your chances at large merit scholarships. Some of the most selective schools also want some SAT subject tests (check their web sites).</p>