ok so im starting my junior year with a 3.9 W gpa and i just took the sat (2250)… ive been in a total of 5 ap classes so far and next year i plan to take 3 more. i am an eagle scout, i swim (jv), wrestle(varsity), and play waterpolo( jv)…
i basically know nothig about colleges despite wasting a lot of time on google…
what kinds of colleges should i be realisticly looking at
if all goes as expected my weighted gpa will be 4.2.5 and uw will be 3.8-9 by the end of this year
A few questions first:
You don’t need to have all the answers today, but some would be a good start.
Look over on the left side of C.C. …see the “Supermatch” tool? Put your data into it and get some ideas and come back and ask about those schools. You will need to be able to answer the questions that bjkmom asked.
thanks to both of u! money is not really an issue as i am willing to work over summers and my dad can pay a decent amount (30k a year)
im from california, more specifically san diego
^^^I’d disagree. Money will be a factor for you to consider . $30K and a summer job will not cover the $60K in tuition/room/board/fees at many top private schools – you will need financial aid or merit aid to cover the difference or look into some of your many excellent in-state public options.
major error i meant to say 50k
Have you already checked out the College Scoreboard headline? It might help you in factoring out colleges.
With your grades and scores, seems like you’d know this site pretty well by now. I agree that the information you’ve provided is insufficient to yield you any valuable information.
ok well thanks again to everyone, ill go ahead and use the college scoreboard
Use the software tools on this site. Then go to your school counselor/library, and check out a couple of college guide books. They give useful “snapshots” of the schools that might help you sort things out. There are thousands of colleges and universities out there. Then plan some college visits. See a big school, a medium and a small. Find out which you prefer.
If you know what you want to study, get a hold of Rugg’s Guide, and find out which schools have the strongest undergraduate academic programs for your intended fields of study.
It is a process, and you have the time to work through it.
Good luck!
try visiting some nearby schools and pick out what you like and what you don’t…then try to find similar schools that share those characteristics. Create a list of 7-15 schools, and go from there. This can be a fun process.
Given your budget and your scores, I’d say the UC’s are probably your best bet. With your stats, Berkeley and UCLA are certainly on the table but might be reaches. UC Irvine and Santa Barbara are probably matches. Merced and Riverside probably safeties. And the Cal States are certainly good, affordable safeties.
Based on your test scores, USC might give you merit - assuming you are a NMF (if your PSAT score is/will be anything like your SAT score, that would certainly be the case, and, as such, you should be good for an automatic 1/2 tuition scholarship at USC. If you’re looking out of state, check out some of the many schools that are generous with merit aid (e.g., Alabama will give you a full ride, as will a number of other OOS public schools and private universities). Also, there are a number of small LACs that offer merit aid. Do a search under “merit aid.” There’s a long thread about merit aid in the Parents’ Forum. With $30K plus summer salary, you are going to need some significant merit as by the time you’re ready to start, you’re looking at a full price of ca. 70K for a private. But you can’t go wrong with the UCs.