Where to go with these SAT scores?

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<p>I scored the following:</p>

<p>CR 590
M 590
W 650</p>

<p>Essay was an 8.</p>

<p>I wasn’t planning on applying to any big colleges, but now I feel as if my state’s top colleges (Florida -> UF, New College) won’t accept me. Where can I apply that seems most appropriate with the 1820 SAT score? </p>

<p>I am a junior in honors program at my school, in the top 10%. Don’t see how it’s relevant, but I know someone’s going to ask.</p>

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<p>What’s relevant is what you are looking for. Size? Location? Major? Merit Aid?</p>

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<p>I would like to live in a city, suburban, or college town. Rural is out of the question. Location: California or East Coast. Major: Psychology, which is offered at every college I believe (I’ve only found 1 that didn’t offer Psychology; it was online).</p>

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<p>Can you pay full price? In California, about $50k/ year? If so, consider Santa Clara, Loyola Marymount, Whittier, University of the Redlands, maybe Occidental. Check out the “how do I stack up” feature on college board. Quartile matters.</p>

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<p>You still have time to retake the SATs seeing as though you’re only a junior</p>

6

<p>you could always apply to some SAT optional schools</p>

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<p>You need to look into Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. </p>

<p>Your SAT scores are within their middle 50% and your grades sound like they’re excellent. Since you’re interested in New College of Fl, you must not mind a quirky, non-mainstream student body, and Clark students have a reputation for being a little non-mainstream but not too much so. it’s school motto is, “Challenge Convention. Change Our World.”</p>

<p>Their Psychology Department is one of their strongest departments (as is Geography). They claim to have good research opportunities for undergrads. </p>

<p>Clark is one of the schools highlighted by “Colleges That Change lives.” They are also reputed to be good at giving money - both scholarships and need based, and that turned out to be true for my son. (He applied last year but is attending somewhere else).</p>

<p>And by the way - those scores aren’t as bad as you make them sound! I think you should study and retake them in May or June!</p>