1)- Good idea. I thought that this could work. I will have a professor next year and hopefully they will understand.
2)- JHU, Vanderbilt, PSU Millennium Scholars, Swarthmore, Cornell, CMU, Dartmouth, Tufts, University of Michigan, Lehigh- I don’t have an SAT or ACT score due to cancellations and am having trouble determining where I fit in along with merit aid.
I am doing Matriculate which is a free college counseling program. It has been helpful but honestly I do a lot of research on my own that has helped more. I can’t do Questbridge because we are at about $75 k with some assets.
I asked my school about some data regarding where past seniors attend college. They did not have this information. It seems to be that we only send students to a local university and PSU for full price, which is out of the question financially.
I appreciate the willingness and help here. CC has been more helpful than anything this far.
I would love some input in determining the efficacy of my college list. My scores on practice exams are around 34 ACT and 1530 SAT. As far as extracurriculars, I have done everything I possibly could have along with starting my own tutoring website. I would say my college essays will be fairly decent and creative. I don’t have any notable summer programs under my belt. Got rejected from MIT OEOP and UPMC Hillman partially because of COVID.