Help with college list

JeanJacket123
Fri, 26 Jun 2015 02:44:30 +0000

Hi! I posted about finding safety schools a few days ago, and the response was wonderful! However, after talking to my parents and about what they could and were willing to pay for, I realized I needed to rework my college list! I am a white female resident of Pa. I go to a good Catholic school and my parents would prefer it if my college choice were catholic! So much so, in fact, that if I go to a non catholic school, they want it to be a little cheaper (less than $45,000 - 50,000/yr total /they would be willing to pay more for a noncatholic school with a prestigious name)) and/or have a good chance to win menit aid. That put Hamilton, one of my top choices, out of the running.
So I was wondering if you could help me find some great schools that are catholic, or at least offer decent merit aid!

My stats:
PSAT: 183
SAT: 1990 (first time taking it, will retake in Oct)
Cr: 710
We: 690
Math: 590 (low I know! I will improve this! It’ll always be my weakest, but I psyched myself out during the actual SAT part so I believe I made some careless mistakes)
GPA (weighted) 4.65

ECs:
Brass Ensemble
WW ensemble
Pep band
Jazz band
Marching band
Musical orchestra
Field hockey (freshman year - quit for band :))
French club (VP this year will be Pres next year)
Chess club (soph year, will rejoin senior year)

Awards:
-University of Rochester Frederick Douglas and Susan B. Anthony award for excellence in humanities - this means I have a chance for $10,000 scholarship if I apply there, which I hope will be good for getting money from other schools!
-Member of NHS
-Was one of 11 students chosen to dine with published poet because of a poem I wrote on Adversity.

Recieved highest average in classes like A Bio, A French 1,2,&3, A algebra I & II, H British Literature, AP Govt, H chem, H religion, H World History, and A Geometry.

Received “All in” award from the fine & performing arts center at my school

I’ve taken a mix of academic and honors and gotten very high marks in all of them. I’ve only taken AP govt, but next year I will have AP Euro and AP Lit. (At my school taking 4 or more APs would be incredibly difficult and is strongly advised against, unless you have no extracurriculars) Next year I will also have all Honors.

Ahhh there’s more!

I like LACs, and I would not like to go further than Upstate NY (Can not go to MA) or more southern than VA. I am interested in Political Science and French, and I would prefer small to medium schools.

Current List:
Rice (family in TX) (Reach School)
Washington and Lee
University of Richmond
College of William and Mary
Gettysburg College

As one can see none are catholic but I believe they all give merit aid (correct me if in wrong). But I am in desperate need of suggestions! If you know of any college that match my criteria and that I could get in please comment! (Also I prefer more selective colleges, only because I’ve worked so hard in school)

For all those who did not abandon reading this too long post - thank you! And for those who comment - thank you too!!