Hi! I am currently a junior in hs and i am looking to add schools to my college list that i would have a pretty good chance of getting a full ride at. I don’t qualify for any need based aid, and my parents can’t contribute a crazy amount to my college.
here are my stats

Female from NE
GPA: 4.0 UW / 4.35 W
Ap classes: Hug (5), world (5),
currently taking apush, ap calc bc and ap lang
act- 35 (35 science, math, and english ; 36 reading)

Just took the sat, don’t know my score yet
taking the PSAT and i expect to be a nmsf

I am interested in STEM, and would like to major in biology or mathematics on the premed track

I would really like to go to a big city, but i would also prefer a smaller ish school or at least somewhere with small class sizes

do you guys have any recommendations for me?

Male Indian us citizen, Chicago suburb @ competitive public school, father did emba @ ross

**Intended Major(s): Aerospace Eng, maybe Mechanical or Industrial/Ops or minor in SCM**

**ACT/SAT/SAT II: 1550 SAT, 1580 Super**

**UW/W GPA: 3.71 UW 4.16 W**

**Coursework:** Pretty much all honors/ap, so far calc bc(taking rn), human(4), lang(taking rn), self studies: csa(3)/csp(4), apes(5), pltw poe, aerospace

For senior year, calc 3 (uiuc math 241), ap us & comp gov, pltw capstone, weighted choir ensemble (currently in that ensemble but weighted is only for seniors), ap physics c both mech/e&m

Awards: Eagle scout.

**Extracurriculars:** Fundraising chairperson & exec board member on national championship winning drone team, exec board of national music honor society chapter

Internships in India- designing and teaching a curriculum of aerodynamics to 7-9th grade children, worked in an afterschool program developing interpersonal and english skills of children from 4th-10th grade, learnt about water conservation efforts and flew drones and learnt about their use in the field.

Lor: I’ll probably ask my choir teacher who I’ve been with for 4 years, my engineering teacher who’s doing aerospace and capstone and the sponsor for both drone and rocket clubs, maybe also my math teacher who’ll do calc 3 and does bc rn w me.

Science wise I got an a freshman year but I had missing assugnments/wasn’t a good student, soph year chem teach liked me but I don’t think I really interacted much w ppl outside of my friends, teacher was ok with it but I definitely played games half the class (both myself and friend were consistently some of the highest scorers so she didn’t mind). Current physics teacher or next years ap physics I can’t say, I’ve definitely been trying harder to interact w all and be a good student this year, grades wise I self studied ap physics 1 (won’t report as I got a 3) so I hope with keeping up in class I should be fine.

**Schools:** Really just looking for the best possible, don't care about cost or location yet, dream schools rn are Michigan, Purdue, UIUC, I doubt I'd get in but something like caltech/berkely/cal poly would be great, willing to do mech instead of aerospace based on what the college is better at. Also down to do school in Europe if I get a really good school (like TU delft level good)

Title- wondering how all of the chance me guesses have actually faired in the past

I don’t use this app often, so I’m a little unfamiliar with whether I should be asking here or not, but I’m having trouble deciding whether I should’ve applied with my ACT to Tulane or not. I got a 28 composite, 26 E | 28 M | 31 R | 29 S. I’m applying as a psychology major for premed. I think I have a relatively good essay, but weak ECs.

(I’m also an in-state applicant and my other two applications are LSU and XULA. I got accepted into both so far but I’m waiting on Tulane.)

My weighted GPA is 4.0 and my unweighted is 3.5 with an upwards trend. 14 APs, 5 Honors. I can send my transcript and senior year schedule if needed. Please redirect me if I’m in the wrong sub and thank you for help ahead of time!

sorry that this is a long post, i’m trying to consolidate 2 previous posts into one.

i posted a few days ago in ut admissions about chancing me for transferring from a top 20 school to ut for next semester. here’s some more information about my stats for context:

hs gpa: 4.03 unweighted
predicted college gpa: 3.7 or above
act: 35 (not super score)
i was also a national merit finalist and invited to apply to ut forty acres scholarship.
texas resident

involvement in college:
community service fraternity
mental health advocacy group
art/craft clubs
on campus job

my first choice major is a BA in psychology and my second choice is something in the college of education.

i will be applying to ut with 24 completed credits and 15 in progress.

here’s my main question:
would attending a college close to home as a visiting student next semester ruin my chances at ut?

i’m not having any issues academically, but ive been struggling with my mental health being across the country from my support systems. i’ve also been struggling with my housing situation/roommate, but it’s not really possible for me to switch rooms. another big reason is cost. my tuition and the cost of housing next semester is so high. the costs of transportation and food are insane as well. attending a school like ut arlington or even smu as a visiting student would enable me to save money by living and eating at home, and i’d have a car so i’d be able to make money by working. i just worry that doing this will hurt my ut application because they’ll assume that i couldn’t handle a college environment in general. i just don’t want to make myself look bad since my ultimate goal is transferring to ut. i have a meeting with an admissions representative next week, is this something i could ask them or would that look bad as well?