good school for the below average student

Applying to College
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<p>I am a senior looking at colleges. I was not the best student throughout highschool but i have improved my grades senior year a little. I’ve applied to some schools but would like to add a few more prefferably big schools, or >10,000.</p>

<p>Male
GPA: 2.8
SAT:
R-550
M-620
W-560
T-1730
EC’s
varstiry golf(2,3,4-Captain), varsity lacrosse(2,3,4-Captain)</p>

<p>I have a small class size, only 109 kids, so we dont have a rank I have no clue what percentile i am either. I also take 1 AP(Stats) and 3 Honors my senior year, and honors matha all through highschool all my other classes were college prep or just regular. The reason my GPA is so low is my language grades freshman and sophomore year, i only got D’s and C-'s, but i got diagnosed with dislexia and the told me that is why I struggled, i wrote about that in my essay and some schools im applying to their programs for kids with learning disabilities, will that help?</p>

<p>I’ve applied to:
URI
U of Arizona (SALT Program for kids with learning disabilities)
West Virginia Univesity
Depaul
Hofsrta(PALS similar to the SALT)</p>

<p>Chances would be great, Thanks</p>

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<p>State of residency? Cost and financial aid considerations? Intended or possible major(s)?</p>

<p>Note that out of state public schools are unlikely to give much financial aid.</p>

<p>Consider the option of going to community college, doing well there, and then transferring as a junior to a good state university (perhaps the flagship if you do really well).</p>

<p>Other than community college, depending on your state of residency, there may be one or more state universities in your home state that you may be admitted to and have a reasonable chance of getting enough financial aid.</p>

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<p>I live in Mass, and will not get any need based aid, major is a toss up, looking toward engineering or finance.</p>