Need Help with Picking Out the Right Colleges!

raye08
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 20:44:51 +0000

Hello!
So basically I am a junior and with the start of 2021, I realized that I really need to start working on a college list. I’ve managed to pick out a few things that are really important to me and was wondering for any suggestions as to which colleges would check off the items on the list below?

Offer full-ride scholarships (tuition, room, and board) that I would be competitive for. (I have a 35 ACT and 4.0 with solid extracurriculars, (a few leadership positions in school clubs, 200+ volunteer hours at a local nonprofit, and three years of the same sport) but nothing really special (no national awards or anything)). SUPER IMPORTANT!

Good school to go to for pre-law. I plan to major in either History or International Relations, but the end goal is to go to law school (which is why #1 is so important to me, I don’t want to go into crazy debt or anything)

Has creative writing classes (I LOVE to write and so having the option to take a writing class is a plus)

Not in a huge metropolitan area (anywhere that’s smaller than say Las Vegas is fine, but I would really love living in a college town)

Is somewhat prestigious. I’m not really concerned with prestige that much, I just want to make sure that whatever school I end up going to would allow me to get into a good law school (so like preferably a school with an acceptance rate anywhere between 20-75%)

Either a small school (with 6,000 undergrads or less) or a school that has an honors program with 6,000 undergrads or less. I don’t really want to get lost in the crowd.

Coed

Decent Social Life (the school has a football team and greek life)

That’s about it, my main things are really 1) how little will it cost me? and 2) will it provide oppurtunities/set me up for placement into a good law school? I’ve already picked out a couple of schools that I like (University of Alabama and UNC-CH) but I’m really looking to expand my list. All suggestions are welcome and thank you so much for your help!