<p>I’m looking into schools who like improvement a LOT. I had a 3.43 (UW) 9th grade (2 Honors) and a 3.57 (4 Honors) and (hypothetically) will get 4.0’s 11th (3 AP’s and 3 Honors) and 12th grade (5 AP’s and 1 Honors). What types of schools should I look at?
– Preferably an “outdoorsy” school
Thanks!</p>
<p>Oh, and robust financial aid or lower than 23,000 COA for OOS from NJ.</p>
<p>… would be preferable.</p>
<p>All schools like improvement…</p>
<p>Princeton and Stanford don’t directly count Freshman grades, if that counts. I mean, it affects rank, but that’s not as bad. I image you can be outdoorsy at either. Either would be somewhat possible assuming your hypothetical 4.0s in those classes were attained.</p>
<p>Need based or merit aid? Do you have scores?</p>
<p>My school doesn’t have rank (it’s a really competitive public school). I don’t have scores yet (I’m going into my Junior year), although my practice SAT’s, if they can forecast somewhat my SAT score, are around 2250 right now. I’m definetely interested in both Princeton and Stanford, but I probably will not have all of the amazing EC’s to get in haha. I’m also highly interested in LAC’s (Dartmouth, Davidson, Bowdoin, Colby, etc.) and I know they take a more holistic approach to admissions and have good aid. But I guess I’m just asking for schools that like improvement the most?</p>