xintothebreezex

I love Ithaca but I can only go if I get a decently sized financial aid package/scholarship or grant. Chance me?

White, lives in new york, parents are married, first generation to go to college, average income around 80,000-90,000

Junior year (current year)
AP psychology
Honors precalculs/calculus
Honors physics
English
Us history
College level Italian
Overall GPA SO FAR: UNWEIGHTED, 96.3 WEIGHTED 100.35 (sorry I don't know the 4.0 scale, my school uses a one to one hundred scale)
No sats yet, hoping for somewhere in the 1800s or higher

Senior year (tentative)
AP chemistry
AP lit and comp
College credit Italian
Gov and economics

Extra curriculars

National HS
foreign language HS
science HS
math HS
Model UN (debate club) member
Founder of best buddies club at high school
Sadd (students against destructive decisions) member
Peer mentor for students with autism
Volunteered at summer camps, total of 500+ hours
Volunteer at swimming program, total of 25 hours
Volunteer at bowling program, total of 48 hours
Volunteer at cooking program, total of 16 hours
Volunteer at art therapy program, total of 12 hours
Hospital volunteer, total of 30 hours
Therapeutic horseback riding assistant, total of 25 hours
After school autism program, total of 132 hours
Part time job held for one and a half years

That's all I can think of for now...
I will be going for an occupational therapy program. Thank you!

xintothebreezex

Bump? Please help (:

indigoxox

Hi intothebreeze,

I don't really have the authority to say anything credible, since I'm applying this year, but if you haven't read this yet, it might be helpful:

Scholarships Offer Big Rewards - Fuse - Ithaca College

It's an article about Ithaca scholarships...your GPA is pretty decent (better than mine, I think!) But your test scores could probably be the biggest factor for the automatic-consideration scholarships. You have a lot of community service...I'm jealous! I would continue to do well in school...retake the SAT to try to get your Math/Critical Reading scores as high as possible. I think you have a good chance.

Best of luck!

xintothebreezex

Thank you! I have actually not taken my sats yet, but my score on the PSATs was a 2000, so I am hoping to do as well on the sats.

indigoxox

Good luck! Don't forget to study for the vocab...it kills me every time... XD