<p>Can your family pay full-freight at those institutions? If you need significant financial aid, then don’t apply early decision anywhere.</p>
<p>Except possibly for ILR, all of these are selective institutions. Where is your Safety? Please find at least one. If you can bring up that SAT (or ACT) score a bit, your GPA puts you in line for serious merit-based aid and guaranteed admissions at some perfectly fine institutions. Start with this list, and see what you think: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/848226-important-links-automatic-guaranteed-merit-scholarships.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/848226-important-links-automatic-guaranteed-merit-scholarships.html</a></p>