As an in-state resident with your scores, I would imagine that U of M is a target, possibly heading toward a safety. Have you looked at the cost of the Ann Arbor campus? It costs $28,770 for the first two years (Lower Division LSA), and then an extra $2k per year for juniors and seniors (Upper Division LSA). Per CollegeBoard it’s $17k average per year (1340-1520 SAT range). I don’t know how generous Michigan is for merit aid, even one with your very good stats. So that $17k price might be brought down primarily by loans…I don’t know. Is $29k/year affordable for your family? My spouse started college at the Ann Arbor campus, but due to limited finances ending up transferring to a different public university in Michigan because of the lower cost.
Knowing what your EFC (expected family contribution) is really important, both in terms of what colleges are going to say your parents can afford and then a separate conversation of what your parents are willing to pay. If you get into a college that meets full-need, and the college’s EFC is within your family’s budget, great. If not, however, problems will ensue.
I’m not sure how exactly you chose to apply to the colleges you selected, nor do I know what is considered affordable for your family. Based on the colleges you mention it seems there’s a preference for private, in northern states, and perhaps not too far from your family. Also, remember that the closer you are to home, the lower transportation costs are likely to be.
I’ve gathered a decently extensive list of colleges where the application deadlines don’t seem to have passed yet where your SAT scores are going to be at least in the top 25%, if not higher. This means that not only is your admission highly likely, but these are colleges that are going to be giving merit aid, and depending on how motivated they are to rise in the ranks of USNWR with SAT scores, very generous. You might well be able to get a scholarship for full tuition, or possibly more, because you would be so highly desired. It would have been better had you applied in the fall, as there may have been more financial aid available, but I don’t think it would be too late for many of these universities. I would do some research and see if you’d be happy at any of these, what their financial aid options (and they may have been earlier deadlines for merit scholarships), and looking for the right fit.
The list below was compiled using the college search function at CollegeBoard.
February 15
- Lake Forest College (IL), 1080-1280, $26k
- Allegheny College ¶, 1140-1350, $24k
March 1
- Washington & Jefferson College ¶, 1090-1280, $27k
- University of Detroit Mercy (MI), 1060-1250, $18k
March 15
- Juniata College (PA ), ACT 24-28, $27k
April 1
*** University of Michigan – Dearborn: 1070-1300, $11k**
May 1
*** Grand Valley State University (MI), 1050-1250, $17k**
August 1
- Cedarville University (OH), 1120-1350, $24k
- Chatham University ¶, 1050-1270, $26k
August 15
- Ohio Northern University (OH), ACT 23-28, $25k
September 1
- Taylor University (IN), 1080-1310, $27k
Deadline Not Available
- Calvin University (MI), 1140-1360, $28k
- John Carroll (OH), 1080-1280, $27k
- Geneva College ¶, 1020-1240, $19k
- Susquehanna University ¶, 1100-1290, $27k
- Augustana College (IL), 1090-1320, $25k
- Indiana Wesleyan University (IN), 1020-1230, $22k
- Valparaiso University (IN), 1070-1290, $22k
- Albion College (MI), 990-1200, $19k
- Elmhurst University (IL), 980-1170, $23k
- Huntington University (IN), 960-1140, $22k
*** Michigan Technological University (MI), 1170-1370, $18k** - Westminster College ¶, 970-1180, $21k
- Hanover College (IN), 1030-1240, $22k
- Saint Vincent College ¶, 1030-1240, $21k
- Gannon University ¶, 1030-1240, $22k
- Marywood University ¶, 1000-1190, $23k
- Mercyhurst University ¶, 1030-1220, $24k
- Alba College (MI), 1030-1230, $23k
*** Central Michigan University (MI), 990-1200, $15k** - Aquinas College (MI), 1010-1220), $20k
- Grove City College ¶, 1130-1380, $22k
*** Michigan State University (MI), 1100-1320, $17k** - Principia College, 1010-1220, $15k
- Antioch College, (ACT 17-25), $23k
- Lebanon Valley College ¶, 1050-1270, $27k
- Bradley University (IL), 1070-1270, $27k
All the paragraph signs are ( PA ), Pennsylvania. And I bolded the Michigan publics.