<p>Ethnicity : African/American
GPA: 78%(2.4)(i had bad freshman and sophmore years, but my junior and senior years i had a 3.8 Gpa)
SAT: CR(520) M(630) W(600)</p>
<p>College Essay: THE BEST ESSAY EVER WRITTEN about my impoverished living conditions in sudan and in the south bronx and on why i want to study politics to eventually become a substantial figure in the public office realm.</p>
<p>Reccs: Excellent
EC: ALOT of sports teams and over 500 hours of community service </p>
<p>Acceptances
Long Island University
St Johns </p>
<p>Maybes
Northeastern(Torch Scholar)
Syracuse
RIT
Marist
Ithaca
Hofstra
Manhattanville</p>
<p>The "I have A chance bc of HEOP"
Cornell
Fordham(My HEOP INTERVIEW IS NEXT WEEK)
Columbia</p>
<p>The "Will get a LOL as a rejection Letter"
Brown
Harvard
Dartmouth</p>
<p>SUNYS
Binghamton
Stony Brook
Buffalo
Albany
ALL APPLIED FOR EOP</p>
<p>I have a 0 efc And i qualify for H/EOP and NYTAP </p>
<p>SO i need anyone's help on safties or feedback!!
Please and Thanks!!</p>
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I'm sorry I don't recognize the term, what is HEOP?
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About the Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP)</p>
<p>The Higher Education Opportunity Program is a partnership between the State of New York and its independent colleges and universities which provides economically and educationally disadvantaged residents the possibility of a college education. What makes HEOP unique is that it serves students who would not normally be admissible to the colleges they attend. The success these students have depends on the academic and supportive services HEOP programs provide and the financial aid assistance that makes attending college a reality. 69 HEOP Programs at Independent Colleges and Universities Making A Difference for New York State: The independent colleges and universities of New York have created “opportunity programs” that succeed better than any similar programs nationwide. The Higher Education Opportunity Program is regarded as one of the most successful programs of its type in the nation. The success of the Higher Education Opportunity Program is not in the numbers but in the lives of the students who are now empowered to make choices about their lives that would have been impossible without this unique partnership between the State of New York and its independent colleges and universities.</p>
<p>I'm confused about the need for safeties. St. John's sounds like a great destination. I think you're being too selective about the "no name" SUNY schools. If you go to any one of them and do well, good things will follow. School is what you make of it.</p>
<p>Agree with speihei. Lots of schools out there for you; it's what you make of it. Sometimes, the no-name schools in the middle of nowhere give the best education, :P</p>
<p>You've got two acceptances to safeties that are schools many would be delighted to gain admission to. Unless you can't afford to go to those safeties (I hope you selected safeties that you could afford as well as be admitted to), you're set for next year.</p>
<p>If you can't afford those safeties (and I don't think any of yours guarantees to meet 100% of students' demonstrated financial need), you may need to apply to a community college or 4-year public that you can commute to. To my knowledge, none of the schools on your list except the Ivies are schools that guarantee to meet 100% of students' demonstrated financial need. Due to your stats, the Ivies are even more of a long shot for you than for most applicants.</p>
<p>I don't know what the HEOP NY/TAP programs are, however. Perhaps those programs increase your chances of getting financial aid and admissions.</p>
<p>You can be quite proud of the schools that have accepted you so far, and I'm hopeful you'll get more.</p>
<p>Maybe you should add ONE smaller SUNY to your list if you're concerned. It's my impression that the
SUNY's are decentralized with each one having a specialty strength in various majors. If they are too isolated for you, then perhaps a place like Purchase in Westchester County would be ok/45 min by train to NYC. Or go way out of town and freeze at Oneonta or Cortland...weather akin to Binghamton. </p>
<p>It's rural as rural can be, but did you look at Alfred University in upstate NY?
Eugene Lang New School in NYC? (policy research)
It's nobody's safety, but did you notice Canisius College in Buffalo - rigorous, Jesuit, many from Catholic private schools
CUNY<br>
Pace University - I think there's a campus in Manhattan and another in White Plains.</p>
<p>Good luck at the Fordham interview, too!</p>
<p>Plus, take heed of NSM's advice above:<br>
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If you can't afford those safeties (and I don't think any of yours guarantees to meet 100% of students' demonstrated financial need), you may need to apply to a community college or 4-year public that you can commute to.
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<p>^Everyone around here with need of any kind is advised on CC to have a Financial as well as an Academic safety (ies) on their list.</p>
<p>Northstarmom, I apologize if this message comes off as overly cynical or critical, but is my understanding, that this program exists for the purpose of pushing under-qualified students into top universities, incorrect? As I understand what you said, specifically, "students who would not normally be admissible to the colleges they attend" the program is taking spots from more qualified applicants, in favor of what would've been rejects. That hardly seems fair.</p>
<p>Ithaca Kid as harsh as it sounds, you are correct. as much as i do not like to admit it, HEOP is pushing the under qualifed kids into kids schools. but i wouldnt say underqualified bc they might have something that stands out......but any way thanks everyone for your help....and i did cunys for finacial safteys, but LIU gave me ALOT of money , like 20-something thousand so thats a super maybe for me if everyother school doesnt give me anything</p>
<p>"LIU gave me ALOT of money , like 20-something thousand so thats a super maybe for me if everyother school doesnt give me anything"</p>
<p>Would you be able to live at home and commute? Otherwise, you'd have to take out about $15 k a year in loans, something that would be far too high, and that you also would be unlikely to obtain.</p>
<p>As it is, tuition at LIU is more than $25 k a year. Even if you live at home, you'd still have to pay for books and other expenses, and probably would have to take out some loans, but the amount of those loans would seem reasonable to carry.</p>
