Please Help Me Pick A Good College?

<p>i dont relly know that much about colleges tbh but my friend told me to go on here for help.
i kinda wanted to go to Stanford or Harvard but i am not sure if its a good school for me
plus i don’t really see what makes Stanford or Harvard better schools then other schools</p>

<p>Here are my stats:
GPA: 3.15
PSAT: 145
SAT: 1250 first try, 1560 second try
ACT: havent taken
AP classes: AP English Language, got a 3 on the exam
probably going to take AP Government senior year</p>

<p>other stuff I do:
on my school’s cheer squad
Varsity Basketball for two years
Soccer outside of school, done it for 10 years
joined Who’s Who, National Honor Roll, National Society of High School Scholars
founded the One Direction club at my school, I am President.</p>

<p>bump~~~~~~~~~~</p>

<p>Well, umm Stanford or Harvard are completely out of your reach unless you find a cure for aides right noww.</p>

<p>Are you SAT scores on a scale of 1600 or 2400?</p>

<p>2400
are they that bad</p>

<p>Hello Soccer Girl :slight_smile: </p>

<p>To be honest, Harvard and Stanford both are out of reach for you.
You seem like a nice girl and a good student, but do not fulfill the expectations those top colleges have.
Your scores are not bad, they are average and therefore leave you with plenty of options. However, those options will be outside the top 100 in the rankings.
How does your financial situation look like? What is your state Of residence?
What is your subject field of interest?
Liberal arts college or university? Large, medium, small? Rural or urban? In which area of the country? Any special circumstances, activities you want to pursue etc? </p>

<p>I shall give you some names after you have clarified what you are looking for :)</p>

<p>sorry :frowning:
i live in Texas and my mom is single
i dont know the amount but she works two jobs and we are very poor…
i have a job outside of school working night shift at mcdonalds to help support.
i am not really sure what i want to do yet. i am the first person in my family who wants to go to college so i dont really know how any of this works</p>

<p>I sent you a private message!</p>

<p>Did you receive it?</p>