<p>I am a sophomore and I am just starting to think about where I want to go to college. Here are my stats:
GPA: 4.0 uw / 4.14 w
Rank: not official at my school, but probably top 1%
State: MD
Gender: Female
SAT: I haven’t taken the real one yet but I just took a practice one offered at my school and got M: 670 CR: 710 W: 780 (I filled in part of my math section wrong 
, so that will probably be higher)
Income Bracket : <70k (parents are in debt and really cannot contribute anything)
Possible majors: biotechnology, cellular/molecular biology, biochemistry,…pretty much anything with bio is all I’ve narrowed it down to
EC’s:
Orchestra
JV Field Hockey (captain)
Olympic development program for field hockey
JV Lacrosse (captain)
Spanish Honor Society
Tri-M Music Honor Society
Speech and Debate
Girl Scouts
Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity</p>
<p>does anyone have any suggestions?</p>
<p>Your stats are good enough to get you into really anywhere, maybe even ivy league. You should definitley consider things like: Campus size, setting, location, greek life, etc.</p>
<p>You need to look at schools offering merit aid if your parents can’t contribute anything. I do not see these stats a being ivy, and the majority of schools that meet need will expect a significant parent contribution.</p>
<p>Look at Alabama and Auburn.</p>
<p>Get the SAT (or ACT) up by a few points for the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) Presidential Scholarship. Also, look at the big merit for stats scholarships at other schools like UAB and UAH. They won’t be completely full rides (maybe UAH at the very top of the ACT scale), but may bring the price down to your affordability range (if you can contribute work-study and summer job earnings).</p>
<p>Check the net price calculators at your in-state public schools like UMCP and UMBC. Are any in-state public schools in commuting range to save money? Would community college followed by transfer be another option to save money?</p>
<p>The very generous with financial aid schools like Stanford, Harvard, etc. will be reaches for everyone.</p>
<p>Remember that biology is a very popular major, meaning large classes and lots of competition for the available major-specific jobs when you graduate (so don’t go into a lot of debt).</p>