What University Do I Have a Chance at? (4.0 GPA/26ACT)

College Search & Selection
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Hi!!
I am a US citizen currently in my last year of high school at a boarding school in Montreal, Canada.

Stats:
4.0 GPA
26 ACT
(before anyone says my school is too easy it is not, i take all honours classes, there is no grade inflation/bell curve, also my AP physics, chem, bio, and eng lit have all been 5’s. My school is an ivy feeder. I just don’t test very well sometimes and this is one of those sometimes.)
math, english, chem, civics, history, international issues awards for 3x years

EC’s:

  • girls rugby 7’s (team captain now)
  • track team (14th place provincial hurdler and 10th javelin throw)
  • social outreach crew executive
  • international outreach crew member (helps free the children)
  • fashion show executive (raised over $1, 000, 000 for charities)
  • operation smile exec (raised over $4000)

extra:

  • i am fluent in spanish, french (first language), mandarin and fairly proficient in gaelic
  • independent FAFSA applicant
  • i want to study finance/accounting as pre-law
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Decent shot for many colleges

However ACT is low and your outside of the USA

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Wake Forest has a fantastic accounting program (usually has the highest CPA exam pass rate in the US) and is test optional, so you could show only your strong grades and ECs, not the low ACT on your app.

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If you’re not applying EA or ED, definitely retake the ACT. That way, you’ll have a good chance at top tier schools.

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maybe wake forest EA/ED if you want then

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maybe wake forest EA/ED if you want then

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well, im not technically outside the US. I might be going to school in Canada but I am a resident of Nevada and still a US citizen

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Maybe the SAT is a better test than the ACT for you?

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Just apply to test-optional schools. You’d get merit and other aid at many. I’m not sure what an ‘independent fafsa applicant is’ I think that even if you’re living by yourself in Canada in a boarding school most schools treat you like a dependent (expect a family contribution) until you’re age 23. Pls check on those details

As for pre-law, in the USA it doesn’t matter what BA major you have for law school. Law covers all topics and so needs people with a wide variety of areas of expertise. You could major in everything from nursing to egineering, from food science to theater. You just need a GPA of about 3.7+ and an LSAT above 160 – if you start studying now you will be able to do this probably. You need these scores to get into a top 10 law school. A top 10 law school guarantees that you will be employed in a job that requires a law degree. Lower tier schools don’t offer that sort of opportunity. Only the very top performers at low-level schools get jobs that require a law degree.

Since you’re female these schools (test optional) may have some excellent FA for you–
Mt. Holyoke – loves international students; has lots of merit, also has rugby and other sports; part of a consortium and in that consortium (the Five Colleges) there are classes in finance and accounting.
Smith – ; part of a consortium and in that consortium (the Five Colleges) there are classes in finance and accounting.
Wellesley – excellent need-based and merit FA
Bryn Mawr College – also has rugby, test optional and need-based FA – ; part of a consortium and in that consortium (the Five Colleges) there are classes in finance and accounting.
Scripps on the West Coast
Mills
Agnes Scott
Simmons in Boston might be great for you. Has accounting and finance. It’s also part of a consortium and they would definitely give you a bundle of merit aid

Other test optional schools are listed here – https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/04/12/the-complete-list-of-test-optional-colleges-and-universities-as-of-now/?utm_term=.f2a79b643574