<p>mine’s stayed the same (and i took the SAT already and scored almost exactly the same as the PSAT). I need to start going on some visits soon… visited middlebury and williams already, but need to get to a bunch of other ones</p>
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<p>Up. =) One safety, one match, the rest reaches.</p>
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Don’t have the money to visit out-of-state schools before applying…in fact I’m making sure to get all the fee waiver stuff together.</p>
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<p>Do you know what the general “requirements” for fee waivers are? Are there cut-offs, etc.?</p>
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<p>Some schools take NACAC, other use collegeboard, and most will just take a letter from your counselor. You can’t get them though because you just don’t feel like paying for the applications. Our Adjusted Gross Income is <$15,000, so our EFC=$0.</p>
<p>There are usually some scholarship opportunities that can cover the costs of you visiting some out-of-state colleges. You should look into them:)</p>
<p>Thanks for the information, aigiqinf!</p>
<p>aigiqinf how did you perform on the PSAT?</p>
<p>And my list can’t really adjust up any further.</p>
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<p>Before the PSAT I had two state schools on my list, a safety and a low match, and one super-reach (UChicago).</p>
<p>Secret Asian Man went from a 204 PSAT to a 2360 SAT with some practice. If I can even get to a 2150 I’ll be in approximately the 30th percentile of SAT scores even at top, top schools. </p>
<p>I thought that maybe, just maybe, the people in the 30th percentile are the people who excelled from modest backgrounds (Particularly at schools like UChicago where there isn’t a lot of recruiting going on). I’ve taken 125%-150% overloads every semester of high school, I’ll have over 80 hours of transferable college credit, and I frankly think I have the best EC’s I could have gotten in my physical location (small townish) and environment. I have disabled parents and am low income. If I can get fee waivers, why not apply to some top schools? There was a kid a few years ago that got into Princeton with almost exactly a 2070–the equivalent of my PSAT score.</p>
<p>haha, aigiqinf, I got a 207 too. Which obviously isn’t amazing on CC, but it actually puts me above the 99.5th percentile in my state, so it’s all good. ;D I think I can get a solid SAT score after a couple of tries. Most of the questions I missed are because of stupid mistakes.</p>
<p>Anyway, my college list has already changed drastically this year. The only Ivy I’m really interested in anymore is Brown. NYU is my first choice. :]</p>
<p>make me feel stupid, 194 here with the end goal being a 2100, 1400 CR+M</p>
<p>I got a 230 but it isn’t too impressive considering I’m from NJ, aiming for at least a 2350 come January.</p>
<p>^Yea 230 is terrible. UGH. What are people coming to? It’s very good, and I think the difference between 230 and 235 is very minimal…</p>
<p>Hey Juniors! How is this year going? I remember it. (I am a senior).</p>
<p>^Junior year isn’t fun at all. I want to fast-forward to the second semester of my senior year.
Same here. Stanford used to be my number one choice, but I’m not so sure anymore. I’m starting to get drawn to Duke.</p>
<p>Don’t want to fast-forward. That’s an ENTIRE year of your life.</p>
<p>Though I somewhat want to fastforward two weeks when I will be a 2ndsemester senior and my senior project will be done and stress relieved and more sleep and more fun and YAY!</p>
<p>Hm…Brown and Duke? Interesting. </p>
<p>What do you want in a college?</p>
<p>^Not exactly, my top choices now are Duke, Yale, Cornell and Stanford.
I’m only choosing Duke right now because it’s really close to home, while Stanford is ~3,000 miles away. I’m looking for a school that has nice weather, strong academics, good athletics, and strong programs overall since i’m undecided about my major right now. I don’t want to keep going through Junior year right now, I feel like i’m burning out. The first half of senior year is going to be stressful because of college apps and senior project, that’s why I just want to skip to 2nd semester senior year.</p>
<p>Yeah, I know the feeling of being/seeming burnt out. Just get through it and find stuff to look forward to. You are obviously smart and want to apply to these awesome places, so I’m sure you will (make yourself) be fine.</p>
<p>It’ll be worth it! But try to find happiness in it! </p>
<p>Do you have a top choice? (I never did…)</p>
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<p>a 223 and a 240 will get you the same thing in NJ- NMSF.</p>
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<p>I visited Princeton once and really liked it. Besides that, my other two top choices would probably be Harvard and Stanford. All three schools offer great financial aid, and they’re also good schools for a prospective foreign language major 
I’m looking to major in either French or German, or possibly a combination of both if I’m feeling ambitious enough. :)</p>
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<p>I’m not going for name, but I want to go into Chemistry…so you can look at funding, facilities, and professors…and it has a lot to do with name. Now, if I decide I love Analytical Chemistry all be all set–my state flagship is the number one in the nation for analytical.</p>