<p>I'm a junior graduating early this year. I have no extracurricular activities to boast for, have done nothing special in my life, and my GPA will be somewhere between 3.0 and 3.3 by year's end. However, I have scored a perfect on the SAT (2400). Anywhere in the country (US), no matter how mediocre of a school, could I get a full scholarship somewhere?</p>
<p>Full…meaning tuition, room, board, fees and personal costs?</p>
<p>Could you NOT graduate early and perhaps improve that GPA?</p>
<p>That would be ideal. I could…but I’d probably end up in an insane asylum.</p>
<p>Yes, some colleges will give you all but personal costs for a perfect SAT, but they’re liberal arts, log cabin places…nothing interesting there.</p>
<p>There is a stickie above for full merit scholarships. Check there. However…be alerted…if you plan to start fall 2014, many schools have a December 1 application deadline for their more significant scholarship considerations. You have precious little time to find schools and complete the applications. Like six days! And after Wednesday, there is no school until December 2. How will you get your applications, transcripts, counselor and teacher recommendations completed in time.</p>
<p>Just saying!</p>
<p>What is your cum GPA now? That’s what will matter. That’s what colleges will be seeing. </p>
<p>What is your weighted GPA?</p>
<p>It sounds like your current cum GPA is LOWER than what you’re expecting by year’s end. That’s too late…UNLESS you delay graduation til next year. </p>
<p>Why can’t you delay graduation for at least a year…you could graduate NEXT Dec…and get the benefits of a higher GPA when you apply to colleges.</p>
<p>I just wanted to add…you shouldn’t just want a free ride to ANYWHERE. There are schools that may give you a free ride, but if they’re commuter schools and you’re stuck there alone at night and on weekends, you’re going to hate it.</p>
<p>ARe you saying that your parents can’t pay anything towards college?<br>
could you have a parent home school you for next year?</p>
<p>Yes, my GPA is 2.9 right now, but I have had all A’s and B’s this year. I forgot to add I won’t graduate until September of 2014…long story. That means I wouldn’t be enrolling until spring 2015. </p>
<p>My parents will not be paying a penny, but they make 6+ figures…so no need-based finaid. </p>
<p>I don’t care where the college is in the country because my parents are kicking me out at 18 (long story…not my fault, nothing I can do about it). </p>
<p>I’m not even planning on going to college because I can’t afford it, but I was just wondering about the possibilities using my SAT.</p>
<p>As you do not have good gpa, no other part of your application is strong except the perfect sat. I am highly doubtful you will get a full ride anywhere. The merit scholarship also look more than just perfect sat. Sorry for a discouraging post.</p>
<p>Now I am feeling depressed 
But not because of your GPA - but because of your lack of hope.</p>
<p>Please be assured that your life is not over just because you have a lower than expected GPA, and don’t have a long list of extracurriculars. Your 2400 score is a clear indicator that you have the intellectual chops to handle college-level material. You just don’t have a cookie cutter college application and resume to put together. You did not follow the rules of college admissions these days, and that just means that your path is going to be more difficult, but not impossible. Time to start using that brain to think outside the box. You can do this.</p>
<p>That said, I recommend (and only based on your brief posts in this thread) that you focus on trying to find some supportive people in your real life. It sounds like you feel very much alone and on your own. This thread has likely only added to your sense of regret. Don’t let it. Maybe with more support over the years, you would have been able to check off all of the things that college admissions officers are looking for today. But the past is the past.</p>
<p>Do your best with your grades this year. Once you officially graduate, I recommend not heading right off to college. I am not sure you are in the right state of mind. Get a job and work for a year. Gain some skills, develop a serious work ethic, earn some money, spend time with people, and use that break to get some perspective.</p>
<p>Best wishes.</p>
<p>good luck op</p>
<p>Berea has average gpa of 3.0. Free tuition leaves about 7k of room/board/fees. You will need some kind of incidentals money. They do give some additional aid, maybe look in to see what you will qualify for. You can get federal loan of 5,500 your first year, then 6,500 7.500 and a final 7,500.</p>
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<p>*Yes, my GPA is 2.9 right now, but I have had all A’s and B’s this year. I forgot to add I won’t graduate until September of 2014…long story. That means I wouldn’t be enrolling until spring 2015. *</p>
<p>Scholarships are rarely awarded for Spring admission. Nearly all are for FALL ONLY.</p>
<p>As for getting a FAFSA student loan of $5500, you’d need your parents info. Would they provide? or when they kick you out will there be no more contact?</p>
<p>If the parents wont’ do FAFSA, then borrowing and getting other need-based aid won’t happen.</p>
<p>The being kicked-out may have other ramifications…will the student have health insurance? A cell phone plan? These are things that parents often absorb, but a student on his own will need his own.</p>
<p>Well…maybe about the borrowing. If the parents REALLY kick the kid out, and they are willing to sign that they are providing NO support to this student and will not be declaring him/her as a dependent, this student might be able to get $4000 extra in Direct Loans, and file the FAFSA without the parent input for these loans ONLY! </p>
<p>But the parent has to sign that they refuse to do the FAFSA, won’t provide any support ( none…includes all insurances and any incidental money), and wont be using this student as a dependent. And this very much will be verified.</p>