Which colleges should I apply to??

Applying to College
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I live in NYC and my family is VERY poor (we get food stamps)

I’m a rising senior; my courses are all non-APs, yet I have an ~80 school average, and a decreasing trend at that (Bad thing.) The only good thing about me is my 2200 SAT score. I also took an AP exam for a course I did not take (AP Psyc) and scored a 3 out of 5, which is probably bad as well. I’m also Asian and female (bad thing?)

It’s the summer and I WANT to do something useful (haven’t done any extracurriculars,) but it’s July and I haven’t applied for anything! I’m trying now and a lot of internships for high schoolers were due APRIL. I must have lived under a rock. What internships are still accepting? Preferably science/computer/biology related, or anything applicable? Are there any websites I can look at?

I would like to get into a good college to become a good doctor making a living curing sick people without falling deep into debt and poor the rest of my life. Please give me your advice!! Thanks :slight_smile:

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Since you live in NYC, you should look at some of the CUNY colleges. They are very affordable and you are a good candidate for Baruch and Brooklyn College. Plus, Brooklyn College has a beautiful campus!

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Thank you! I’ll look into those!

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apply to all schools that have a free application and give out significant scholarships. I know Case Western gives has a free Common App application and has one of the nations best medical and engineering programs. Case also gives out a good number of scholarships (I’ve seen people get 30k a year scholarships) through pure merit (which does not include need based scholarships) which drops their CoA down to ~28-29k.