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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]11th grader was planning on attending our good but not great state flagship.  Admissions is basically guaranteed, and it's nothing like NoVA kids fighting to get into UVA.  We're a donut hole family and would need very generous aid to attend anything else, but...
In the course of 11th, kid got a 224 PSAT NMSF index, meaning they're almost guaranteed to be a NMSF.  And they just recently got a 36 on the ACT.  They didn't really study for either PSAT or ACT.  [b]So, which T20 or T50 schools are likely to give exceptionally generous aid or scholarships to a kid with the following stats:[/b]

Planned major: biochemistry
-GPA: 3.98 uw with one A- in 9th grade honors English
-APs: 5s in Calc, Chemistry, US Government, Euro History.  4 in English Lit.  Will finish high school with 10 APs and another 5 post-APs.
-NMSF
-ACT 36
-EC: okay, but not related at all to the major.  Performance in 3 school plays, with a lead role in 1.  DM for school Dungeons and Dragons club.  3 years of mock trial.
-community service:  okay, but nothing special.

Kid is perfectly content to do the honors college at the state flagship, but we'd like a few other options on the table.  Any suggestions?[/quote]

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+++ If your kid materially strengthens the app (as suggested above), try for: 
Swarthmore, WashU, Vanderbilt, Wake, Davidson, BU, Emory. 
Wake, BU, and Davidson merit awards will be easier to obtain.
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