What tier of college can I get into?

Many colleges have special recruiting events for students bringing a diverse viewpoint to college. Often first generation students are included under that umbrella. Here is a list I made a few years ago. You can dig through it to see who considers first gen for these programs. If by chance a link doesn’t work, you can figure out which college it is and contact them for more information. Applications will open for these starting from August.

Harvey Mudd http://newwww.hmc.edu/admission/fast/fall-fast-program-seniors/

http://admission.scrippscollege.edu/discoverscripps

http://www.middlebury.edu/admissions/visit/programs

http://www.wesleyan.edu/admission/visiting_campus/transportation_assistance.html

http://www.grinnell.edu/admission/visit/gdpp

http://www.whitman.edu/admission/visit/visit-scholarship-program

http://www.bates.edu/admission/prologue/

http://new.oberlin.edu/arts-and-sciences/admissions/mvp/apply.dot

http://www.fandm.edu/summit

http://www.conncoll.edu/admission/visiting-campus/explore-weekend/

http://barnard.edu/node/6934

https://college.lclark.edu/offices/admissions/multicultural_recruitment/lead/

http://admissions.tufts.edu/voices

http://admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/pages/celebration-of-diversity-weekend

http://www.wellesley.edu/admission/falltravelgrant
http://www.bates.edu/admission/prologue/

http://www.kenyon.edu/x1697.xml

https://williams-uga.edu.185r.net/survey/?id=104

https://www.amherst.edu/admission/diversity/divoh

http://www.oxy.edu/admission-aid/connect-us/guidance-college-counselors/fall-mvp

http://apps.carleton.edu/admissions/visit/TOC/

http://www.brandeis.edu/admissions/seed/

http://admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/pages/celebration-of-diversity-weekend

http://www.kzoo.edu/admission/visiting/multicultural-program/

http://simpson.edu/admissions/visit-simpson/fly-in-program/ $150 towards airfare

http://www.uiowa.edu/admissions/email-landing-pages/mvd/email.html free bus from Chicago

http://enrollment.rochester.edu/admissions/mvp/ Univ of Rochester

http://www.uvm.edu/admissions/undergraduate/visiting/?Page=discover.html U ofVermont

http://denison.edu/campus/admissions/schedule-a-campus-visit/air-denison-recommendations up to $500

http://www.lawrence.edu/admissions/visit bus from St Paul and Bloomington MN and IL

http://www.pomona.edu/admissions/diversity/msap-fall-weekend.aspx

http://www.trincoll.edu/StudentLife/Diversity/Preview/Pages/default.aspx

http://www.union.edu/admissions/_prv/getting-to-know-u/

http://www.brown.edu/admission/undergraduate/student-color-open-house few details

Now the elephant in the room is finances. Have a frank talk with your folks as to how much the budget will be. For every college you are interested in, you and your parents then need to run the Net Price Calculator to see if the budget is possible or if you need to pursue merit scholarships. Each college has different priorities and methods of assessing this. The crowd that hangs out in the financial aid subforum can guide you through that.