SAT: 2270 (R: 800 M: 720 (oops) W: 750)
GPA: 3.9-high 3.8 (depends on second semester grade; Bs have been in Spanish and English)
Race: White
Gender: Male
Hooks: First Generation
Intended Major: Physics and Russian/Russian Studies Major/History (If there is no Slavic-related major possible)
Share me your knowledge and enlighten me please!
George Washington, maybe? Indiana U (they used to have surprisingly strong Russian department? Middlebury, of course . . .
@woogzmama I though GWU and Indiana would be more matches, not high matches. Why do you think it would be la high match/low reach.
Does Emory fall into this category for a high match/low reach?
I think GWU would be a plain match (not high) and that you’d probably also get merit money there. Maybe for high match-low reach schools like NYU/bucknell?
@tlf123098 Bucknell I am not very much interested in as a school. NYU is too expensive, unless they offer merit aid that I don’t know of (I am going to be a probable NMF). At the schools that claim to meet 100% meet need, I am 10k-13k in cost however Northwestern is about 25k…
Look into USC
@LordSwag Looks like I am going to add them to my list. However, will that merit scholarship for National Merit count towards my aid package by USC?
Im not sure about that, I suggested it because it gives a lot of merit for NMF’s and it would be a low reach
Middlebury, Dickinson, St Olaf, American, Colgate, Hamilton, Tufts, URochester, URichmond.
AS much as love USC, I would not recommend them for foreign language / Russian studies, if that is your primary are of interest. Physics- yes. FL - no. It is simply not a strength there…
U of Chicago has both phenomenal foreign language and Physics depts.
But it is a reach for most students.
@menloparkmom Physics is my practical interest that I enjoy a lot, and where I hope to move in direction for a career. Russian is just more to fulfill the notion “major in what you like quite a bit”, with no exact career aspirations except maybe working abroad in Europe one day. I love UChicago, but I cry whenever I see the acceptance rate lol.
@BenzeneRings I’m going to nyu and fortunately got merit money, but I think it tends to be quite rare. You should definitely check out case western as a match school that is excellent in STEM and provides a lot of merit money. They also gave me a decent financial aid package.
UC Berkeley and UCLA low reaches. I don’t think Physics or Slavic languages are impacted majors.
University of Texas at Austin as a low reach because of the 7 percent rule.
Rice University would be a reach.
UMich as a high match if you apply early (like a month after the application is released).
UIUC and RPI could be high matches I think.
UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine are matches.
Interesting suggestions. I might apply to UMichigan even though it’s unaffordable. UMich is rolling admissions? @Irreplaceable
By the way, I am Florida resident, in case anyone is wondering. I would like to avoid OOS schools though, because they are awfully expensive.
UCs and U Michigan are not affordable to a Florida resident who needs aid (55K+, no financial aid).
You’re obviously applying to UF, FSU, and one of the better others (USF, UCF…?) so you just need to find a few matches and a few reaches.
If you’re a girl, Bryn Mawr has the Russian Critical Language Flagship - meaning you have intensive Russian classes + your major, until you actually study your major in Russian. (And let’s say you wouldn’t have problems finding a job after that program).
Staying in-state for a bit.
Both UF and FSU have solid Physics programs. Neither is great with merit, but FSU is much more likely to award it than UF. While UF is more likely to award need based aid.
UF has a Russian Studies program (but it’s no Bryn Mawr), but you may want to check it out.
http://www.languages.ufl.edu/russian/index.html
The Overseas Study Program at Moscow State University looks interesting, and their are some synergies between Russian and Physics.
FSU also has a Slavic (Russian) program (and it also has a summer study program with Moscow State University):
http://www.modlang.fsu.edu/Programs/Slavic-Program-Russian
Good Luck!
If you’re willing to consider small colleges, don’t rule out New College of FL. I think their Physics program is pretty good. They don’t have much in advanced Russian, but they allow students to design their own curricula and majors, which would give you a lot of flexibility, and they encourage independent study and research projects. It is probably a safety for you, and would be very affordable.
Tufts, Carleton, Wesleyan for high match/low reach. Reed for match. Carleton & Wesleyan are probably your best bets for cost.
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-Carleton College (St. Olaf College, about a mile away from Carleton has more complete Russian offerings. I believe the schools offer cross registration agreements although you should look into that)
Carleton and St. Olaf do NOT offer cross registration. Carleton has a trimester calendar and St. Olaf is on the semester calendar.