Party scene and academic balance for my college list [PA resident, 3.6? GPA, 28 ACT, <$50k]

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What is your unweighted GPA? 4 for A, 3 for B. You show a weighted - which will likely include more points for honors and AP. So a 3.8 isn’t a 3.8 and it all depends on the weighting system your school used and how much rigor you have.

Your academic focuses are wide spread but I thought of Bentley til I read of Greek life.

In general - the only ones that will work with less than $50K -and let’s say you have a 3.6 (just a guess):

  1. MIchigan - you won’t get in and if you did, it would be well over budget

  2. Minnesota - you might get in - and it’d be close. But it’s might get in.

  3. OSU - unlikely to get in - cost - close. Ohio U, Miami Ohio might be better bets.

  4. Wisconsin - won’t get in and won’t make cost

  5. Illiniois - you might get in (depends on major) -

  6. UMD - won’t get in and cost

  7. UF - won’t get in but cost ok. FSU also a no but better odds. UCF and USF maybe matches. FAU a yes.

  8. IU - will get in although not likely Kelley - potentially cost an issue

  9. PSU - you might get branched

  10. CU Boulder - you’ll get in but maybe not your major and cost an issue

  11. Pitt - you may get in but it’s more and more difficult as it’s become more popular. Not the same at all but close geographically - WVU might be a sub.

  12. Purdue - you might get in and it will work for cost.

  13. Iowa - this works

  14. UMAss - gonna be tough

  15. Michigan State - yes - but cost an issue

  16. Alabama - doesn’t fit your list at all - if you told me Iowa State, UNL - I’d get it. Well it matches up most with UF. You will get in and it will make cost with $10K auto merit. You might also look at Arkansas, Mississippi State.

  17. Rutgers - could go either way - and will be about budget.

So your list isn’t set up for merit. For every Ohio State or UMD that are unlikely, there are subs - a UNL, Iowa State, Kentucky, UNH, URI, WVU, Colorado State, Wyoming, etc. etc.

If you have to budget, then you need to set up for it.

Now back to your unweighted GPA - that matters and how much rigor do you have - meaning how many advanced, honors, AP classes have you taken. A 3.9 weighted doesn’t say much unfortunately - so I guessed at a 3.6 but don’t really know.

thx

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