Chance me for UMiami!

kuustarr
Fri, 19 May 2017 21:28:32 +0000

@londondad @sdteak thank you guys so much for the input!!! Also, I keep forgetting to mention this in chance me threads, but I’ve been volunteering at the hospital since February of 2016. I’ve accumulated around 150 hours there. I mainly work info desk, and it’s really helped peak my interest in the health career. I also got accepted into NHS for this coming year (just found out last week) so that’ll hopefully be something else to pad my college application (and allow me to gain more hours!!!)

London, I’m really flattered, thanks so much for the compliment!! My mom and I both came to the agreement that I stay in state for undergrad, and then save money for going to the more expensive universities like Duke, Emory (which I had looked at before!!) and such if I chose to pursue grad school. However, I just thought to apply to U of M in the case that I did get a scholarship and could attend. I really adore the city’s livelihood and the college’s diversity, and I think that i would be happy there.

With places like FSU or UCF, I think I would be more of an outsider considering I never really considered Greek or Party life, but with UM/UF (which are also party schools, but have more academic emphasis), I could see myself fitting in with the crowd. Unfortunately, as Miami is private (and ~$50k per year, considering the cost of housing and semester hours), I can’t consider it my first choice, but I was planning on applying Early Action to it.

Racquet, thanks so much for the insight and scholarship suggestions! I’ve done some of my own research, but I wasn’t sure what else I had much more than FAFSA and Bright Futures.I know that Notre Dame is an extremely prestigious school, so congratulations to your daughter!!! I completely agree with you there. I know that considering my other two sisters attending college, that I will (hopefully) be able to receive some financial aid, but I am also relying on financial aid.

Thanks again for the help!!!