<p>I am looking to add more colleges that are within reach for me on my college application list and was looking for recommendations! My ACT is a 32 (English: 36, Math: 30, Science: 32, Reading: 33), and my SAT is a 2040 (CR: 750, M: 640, W: 650). My weighted GPA is a 3.96, and unweighted it’s 3.14. What schools accept students that have stats similar to these or a little less? I really want a college that’s either in a big city, or one that has a great college town with a big city reasonably close. Also, schools that will offer a lot of merit aid is a huge plus!</p>
<p>Go to the Financial aid forum and look at the pinned threads for some options.</p>
<p>what do you mean by “middle of the road”? are you looking for colleges you almost certainly will get into? or colleges that you are a match for?</p>
<p>if you lead a lot of merit, I assume you’ve run the net price calculators. have you? </p>
<p>for guaranteed and competitive full tuition/ride awards, look here. you already qualify for a couple.</p>
<p><a href=“http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com”>http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com</a></p>
<p><a href=“Competitive Full Tuition / Full Ride Scholarships - Financial Aid and Scholarships - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1461983-competitive-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships-p1.html</a></p>
<p>Wow, thank you for that link! I’ve never seen that list before and it’s going to help a ton I’m sure. And by “middle of the road”, I’m looking for colleges that I will have a good chance of getting into</p>
<p>what do you want to major in?</p>
<p>I am unsure as of now, but I am looking into Architecture or International Business</p>
<p>My son had stats that weren’t too different from yours (a little higher GPA and SAT composite; ACT one point lower). He got into the following colleges: Tulane, Occidental, Pitzer, Willamette, Whitman, Guilford, Eckerd, New College of Florida, UC San Diego, UC Davis. Willamette, Guilford, Eckerd, and New College offered 5-figure merit scholarships. Whitman offered a $7500 merit award. He is going to New College, and is very happy. He was rejected by UC Berkeley, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Claremont-McKenna. He was waitlisted at Reed and University of Washington (Seattle). Is that any help?</p>
<p>That helps a lot! Tulane is my top choice right now, and I am applying to University of Washington too. It’s good to know which schools offered scholarships, also!</p>
<p>Tulane throws around a lot of merit money, but I don’t know if you’ll see much merit. The GPA is the issue.</p>
<p>What about UIllinois Chicago, Florida Atlantic, NYIT, SUNY Buffalo, UArizona, UNew Mexico, Kent State, UHouston, Southern Illinois, and UW Milwaukee?</p>
<p>Note that NAAB-accredited BArch (architecture) degree programs are nominally 5 years. So check whether any large merit scholarships would cover the fifth year, or if you can afford the extra year without the merit scholarship.</p>
<p>A non-NAAB-accredited BA or BS in architecture sometimes allows getting an NAAB-accredited MArch degree in less than the nominal time for an MArch degree (e.g. 2 years instead of the usual 3 years).</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.naab.org/architecture_programs/home”>http://www.naab.org/architecture_programs/home</a> can be used to check for NAAB-accredited degree programs.</p>