Make me a college list

Teaspoons
Wed, 04 Jul 2012 20:03:46 +0000

Okay I’ll explain after I state my stats so to speak

Gender: Female

Race: Black

Sports: Cross country, Tennis, and Swim Team

ECs: Vice President of National Honors Society, Mu Alpha Theta Vice President, Key Club, French Honors Society, Science Honors Society, President of Beta Club, Internship with the DNC 2012, 50 hours math tutoring, around 350 volunteer hours.

GPA: 3.9 Unweighted, 5.3 Weighted

Rank: 1

APs

Freshmen:
Human Geography 5

Sophomore:
Calculus 5
Physics 5
Psych 5

Junior:
Stat 5
Computer Sciences 5
Bio 5
World History 5
English 5

Senior:
Earth Environmental 5
US History 5
English 5
French 5

Financially: I live with just my mother (who is a single parent) who provides solely for me. She makes too much to get a dime out of financial aid and has spent most of her savings paying for my brother and sisters art school (brother went to a private college, he barely got in and couldnt get any scholarships, and my sister is going to art school, but even after 60k in scholarships theres still 15k to pay a year).

School:
-I dont know for sure what I want to do when I grow up… but I’m feeling its going to be something towards engineering or programming.

-I want schools that are not only recognized as good schools, but have been recognized for these programs.

-I’d like the school to be in the North East (North Carolina and Up) and I really like the look and feel of Dartmouth (probably because its up north in a semi small town)

Okay, so I figured I’d just explain what I am asking here. I look at sites like this, and colleges and lists and rating all the time. I try to plan for rigorous courses, get good grades and focus on my school. I want to get into a great school, I want to have a good paying job, I want to have a good time at college and in the rest of my life. I feel like the colleges I’m aiming for are seemingly impossible to get in, even though I’m working the hardest at my school. I also dont know if I’ll be able to afford the colleges I’m looking at or if I’ll get scholarships. When looking at these stats and this information, can you think of a feasible college list for me? With a safety a reach and… I dont quite know all the lingo yet–but I’m sure you get my drift. The only way I can go to a school thats more than 20k a year is if I get scholarships, so please dont put any really expensive schools down if you dont think I have a chance at either alot of little scholarships or a few big ones. Also, I live in North Carolina, so if you suggest UNC its only like 8k for tuition a year.