where should i apply?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi i was wondering if anyone could give me any suggestions of schools i should apply to that I may be able to get into (like some safeties, fit schools, and reaches).</p>

<p>I’m interested in education, nursing, pre-med but am not sure so even schools without programs/ small programs in these are fine</p>

<p>I’d like to stay on the east coast, I wouldn’t go any further than PA
My stats:</p>

<p>I go to one of the top private schools in the country (ranked in the top 10 right after Choate, Andover, Phillips Exeter)
My school apparently has good relationships with many top colleges</p>

<p>My stats:</p>

<p>SATS: 2010 (took one more time waiting for scores)
ACTS: 31 ( took again waiting for scores)
SAT2s: Math: 730 Spanish: 690 US history: 680
School does not rank
GPA: UW 3.5 (apparently at my school a 3.1 is equal to a 3.9 at other schools)
Honor roll at school</p>

<p>ECS:
4 years varsity lacrosse
3 years varsity field hockey, 1 year jv
tristate indoor lacrosse league 4 years
Girl scout Gold award teaching others how to and making hospital gowns and gift bags for childrens hospitals (girl scouts - like eagle scout award), and silver and bronze awards
Church youth group leader
vacation bible school counselor
field hockey camp counselor
Coach of Little Laxers - program to teach young/less fortunate children basics of lacrosse
Operation smile club 4 years- for children with surgery on their face
president of Kids Helping Kids Club - club I founded to raise funds/ awareness for abused, homeless, orphaned, or sick children
Animal Rights Club
Jersey Select lacrosse team - summer 4 years
youth lacrosse referee
hundreds of hours babsitting job
yearbook – only senior year though
over 400 community service hours - soup kitchen, Race for the Cure, Runathon for homefront and other organizations, school community service day, girl scout run community service</p>

<p>additional info
white, female
essays: pretty good I think, idk, one is written about my mom’s passing during high school and how my role has changed, how I take care of my young sisters,
teacher recs: fine - I don’t think they will be bad, I’m not sure if they are awesome, one of them is probably very good the other one is probably just fine</p>

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<p>First, please accept my condolences on the loss of your beloved mother. </p>

<p>Will your role as a mom-substititute for your younger sisters affect how far away from home you’ll want to go to school? Will you need to be within a few hours drive from home? That may need to be a consideration. </p>

<p>We need to know what kind of school do you want…big, small, quiet, rah rah big sports, rural, college town/med city, big city, ???</p>

<p>Are you in-state for New Jersey???
Is money no object? Can your dad afford to send you to the school of your choice?</p>

<p>If so… then, you should apply to…
Villanova
Lehigh
Boston U
U Rochester
Fordham
Holy Cross
Rutgers
Syracuse
Providence
UDelaware
UConn</p>

<p>If money will be an issue, then… I’m interested in education, nursing, pre-med but am not sure so even schools without programs/ small programs in these are fine</p>

<p>Because of your possible majors, I would not recommend going to any schools that would require much in student loans because…</p>

<p>1) if you end up being pre-med, you’ll need huge loans for med school.</p>

<p>2) if you end up in nursing, the pay is nice, but not enough to pay back big loans with any comfort level.</p>

<p>3) if you end up in teaching, the starting pay is lowish, and you won’t be making enough to pay back big loans.</p>

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<p>I would target Lehigh,U Rochester, Fordham, Holy Cross as the best of that group.</p>

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<p>thank you,
money is not an object
i’d like to go to a school with school spirit
and medium or large, no small school
do you tihnk i would ever be accepted to georgetown, bc, or johns hopkins - i know this is basically impossible</p>