What would my match be?

whenhen
Tue, 07 May 2013 23:13:37 +0000

Why bother taking the SAT? You earned a perfect score on the ACT.

If Madison rejected students like you, they’d have no one to fill their freshman class. It’s a safety. If you want an assured Midwestern admit, there’s a [competitive full ride scholarship](Merit-based scholarships - The Ohio State University) from Ohio State for students with >34 ACT. Given your scores, you might want to apply and see what happens.

If you’re happy with Wisconsin, you can apply to only those schools considered reaches for everyone, since you’ve got an excellent, relatively low cost school to fall back on. Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, etc would probably give you nice aid even if your mom doesn’t think you’d qualify. You’re also competitive for every full ride scholarship in the country (other than those at single sex schools), so if you don’t like UW, go ahead and look into those schools.