Latina student looking for reaches

College Search & Lists
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<p>For a friend.</p>

<p>Her safeties are state flagship u. and another instate school</p>

<p>Her current matches/reaches in no particular order are:
USD
Santa Clara U.
Scripps
Pitzer (legacy)</p>

<p>Interested possibly in journalism. Prefers to stay on the West Coast, or if elsewhere, would like urban campus.</p>

<p>Not sure on exact stats, but:
Full IB program, good but not stellar GPA
bunch of decent but not extraordinary ecs: school leadership, clubs, school newspaper, sports
ACT: 29-30
URM</p>

<p>Any suggestions for reach schools worth shooting for?</p>

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<p>USC, FSU, NYU, and Rutgers.</p>

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<p>Loyola Marymount!(Yes, I am their biggest fan on college confidential!)</p>

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<p>How much can the friend afford?</p>

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<p>Good question Erin’s Dad.
I am not knowledgeable on financial aid, the FAFSA etc. Parents of the student already have one in college, and it is my understanding that mainly loans were offered there. I am not sure if that was due to limited ability of that school to give generous aid or if EFC is too high.
I know that the family said that they can swing the instate tuition and room and board, which would run about 20 k, above that, I believe they are looking for aid or merit money.
I understand that with the lack of details it is hard to make good recommendations, but appreciate suggestions, nevertheless.</p>

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<p>She should put “net price calculator” and/or “financial aid estimator” into the search boxes of each school’s web site. This includes any that she may consider a safety – if the school is unaffordable, it is not a safety.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the suggestion on exploring financial safeties and I will pass it on. My understanding is that the instate options are both academic and financial safeties, so they are covered there and that they are looking for reaches.</p>

<p>Understanding that if the f.a. or merit isn’t sufficient, then the school will be a no go, but they were looking for the student to throw her hat into the ring of one or two more selective schools.</p>

<p>USC, although comfortable with the location, was deemed too much of a rah-rah athletic school with too heavy a Greek emphasis. Which may rule out my suggestion of ASU’s Barrett’s Honors College, as well.</p>

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<p>Lewis & Clark, Occidental, Whitman, Willamette.</p>