Best Colleges for me?

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Hey guys, I’ve been posting a lot here recently, but mainly under the chance me forums. However, I’d like to broaden my search a little bit and see what other colleges you guys think I should be looking at. Here is my resume -

Intended Major - Philosophy ( And then law school)

3.8 GPA
Hispanic URM (Argentinian)
11th Grade
Male
Texas Resident

Work History
• Currently working as a lifeguard
• Swim instructor for kids aging 4-11
• Don’t know if this counts, but I helped my father do some paralegal work last summer, I was mainly an accountant.

Skills
• Fluent in Spanish (speak it at home) and currently in French III, plan to continue in college
• Microsoft Office (Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
• Leadership, public speaking, communication
• Linux and other computer skills (can pretty much trouble shoot any computer problem, am well known for fixing various operating system problems that usually require more expertise)
• Currently developing my own Linux distribution (mainly as a side project, Linux is a hobby of mine)
• Have been told by my English teachers that I am a good writer (it has improved tremendously since I took the SAT)
• A very good interviewee
• A very well rounder reader

Awards and Achievements ( I know, not so good here)
• Superintendent Scholar 2013-2016
• National Honor Society
• National English Honor Society
• 1870 SAT (first try last year, recently retook and felt very confident)
• 31 ACT (English - 31, Math - 29, Reading - 34, Science - 31)
• Captain of varsity swim team (I have been a member of varsity swim for all 4 years)
• In the top 7.8% of my class

Courses -
• AP Physics I (junior)
• AP Human Geography (sophomore)
• AP English (junior)
• Dual Credit Precalculus (taking this summer, as I am a year behind on math since I transferred to my current school)
• AP Calculus (senior)
• AP Statistics (senior)
• AP Government (senior)
• AP Economics (senior)
• Forensic Sciences (junior)
• French I, II, and III (fresh,soph, junior)
• Dual Credit Computer Science (senior)
• Dual Credit English 221 (senior)

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Look through the NESCAC schools and Colgate, Boston College and Holy Cross to see if your swim times are recruitable.

Each school has an athletics sub-website with times of current team members.

Your demographic and location along with your outstanding academic profile make you a good admit for smaller Eastern schools.

Your ACT is a bit better than SAT.

How do things look financially?

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Financially, my parents can afford up to $35,000

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The schools I mentioned are very good with financial aid. You might get a much better deal than $35k depending on your family income.

You should also consider some schools where merit awards are possible.

Are you automatically in UT?

Do you have a preference for size?

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What are your preferences on school size and geographic location? Urban, rural, suburban? Political leaning?

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unfortunately i am not in auto admittance, and i’d prefer a urban or suburban school

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“The 25 Most Desirable Suburban Schools” and “The 25 Most Desirable Urban Schools,” Newsweek (online articles).

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Keep an in-state school like TAMU in the mix.

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Does TAMU have a good philosophy department? I read on several sites that the law school that you enter is influence greatly by the school that you did you undergrad in. Is this true? I have the LSAT score to get into a top 20 law school.

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Loyola Chicago, Fordham The schools of Colleges that Change Lives have lots of good philosophy depts. http://ctcl.org/

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No it’s not. GPA and LSAT.

How is that possible when you’re in HS?

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@“Erin’s Dad” well what I meant to put is, I took the LSAT from 2011 unofficially, and scored a 164, I have not taken an official LSAT. My apologies for not being clear. I realize that this doesn’t help me, but I think that it is a good sign, and that maybe I’ll be able to score higher once in college

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Many of the Catholic colleges have excellent philosophy departments - check out Notre Dame and Georgetown (though your ACT may be a point or 2 low) and 2nding Onthbubble picks of Boston College and Holy Cross.
Santa Clara and U of Scranton could also be good

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How is the price on those private colleges? I can only afford $35,000