help with college search

milkymilk
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:40:17 +0000

okay, i am just about tearing my hair out trying to figure out where to apply to college. i had some in mind, but then i had my doubts about them, and now i don’t even know. so please, please, please, can someone give me some ideas?

i’m white, female, interested in being a biology major. i’m not interested in a religious college at all.

sat: 2150/2400 (math 660/reading 730/writing 760)
act: 31
weighted gpa: 4.5 or something, i’m not too sure at the moment
top 5% of the class

i have taken 4 ap tests so far, and gotten 5 on one and 4 on all the rest. i’m currently taking 3 ap classes (my high school doesn’t offer honors classes or anything like that so ap is the only way to go).

as for ecs… uhm. well, i don’t really have any. i was very antisocial and shy throughout high school so im kind of screwed for that. i’ve been a member of the philosophy club at my school since i was a freshman, and have joined model united nations this year. i’m also in the national honor society and was inducted last year as a junior, so i only have about 50 hours of various community service. i had a summer job before my junior year, but i don’t think it would contribute much. i feel really stupid for wasting all my time.

my parents make about 60-70k together, and i live with them and my brother and sister in law, so i don’t know how much i can really spend on college. i’d like a college that won’t put me in debt for the rest of my life, or could at least satisfy need based aid. my parents don’t have any assets and their house is worth less than they owe, so i figure that should help somewhat, right?

i don’t have any idea what location i want. i’d really like to go to a school on the east coast but since i live in arizona, i’m afraid it’d be too far.

so far i only know for sure that i’m applying to hampshire and colorado college. and maybe carleton college, i don’t know. i don’t know if i’d be able to get in because my extracurriculars are so lacking.

so please, magical college fairies, please give me some suggestions!