<p>I got a 36 on the Oct 31st ACT. I was confident that I’d get a 34, but I guess I was lucky that day and got a 35.75. What colleges would care? I have already applied to Ohio State, University of Michigan, RPI, and University of Miami. I really liked Ohio State when I visited there, and since I have to pay for college myself, I liked the fact that they’d give me at least full tuition for NMF. My ECs are a bit below average, my grades are good, but not perfect. Probably around a 3.8uw. I will have taken 5 APs by the time I graduate. I got 4s on Chem and US History last year. I’m an average writer when it comes to personal essays, but very good at literary analysis’s.(I’m in AP English) Teachers like me, and I could have up to 2 very good recommendations written by teachers. In a Senior btw. I’m almost definitely going into aerospace engineering. I’m 3rd generation college, so no help there. My dad works at NASA, and I’m not an urm. Is there anywhere else I could consider? </p>
<p>Consider private schools that have solid engineering and are generous with merit money. If you are attracted to Ohio State, you should also probably look at other large public universities with strong engineering (Texas-Austin comes to mind).</p>
<p>I’ll look at Illinois and Maryland. I thought Cornell didn’t give out merit based scholarships? I visited Penn State and didn’t like it, and my dad went to Purdue and hated it. Plus Purdue doesn’t give out very good oos scholarships.</p>
<p>I figure all the elite Ivies get enough 36’s and 2400’s not to give them too much appreciation. On the other hand, I think a lot of state schools give big scholarships for perfect scores. National Merit does not accept ACT scores… Oh yeah, you’ll be a Presidential Scholars finalist when they announce those in January, I think - no money for that, though.</p>