<$60,000, pretty much set?

thumper1
Tue, 27 Nov 2012 06:46:22 +0000

No it is NOT a general rule of thumb. There are about 30 colleges that guarantee to meet full need with the most generous giving full rides to students with incomes like you show. The VERY VAST majority of colleges do NOT have the resources to do this and they do not. These very generous schools are also amongst the most competitive for admissions in the country. NO ONE is guaranteed admission to these schools…and their generous financial aid does you no good if you are not accepted.

I hope you are either a junior beginning to look at schools, or a senior with at least two safety schools (ones that are affordable and that you would like to attend) on your application list.

If your SAT/ACT scores and GPA are high enough to be a competitive applicant for these very competitive schools, you would be a good candidate for significant merit aid elsewhere. However, the deadlines for applications to colleges with generous merit awards tends to be BY December 1…at the latest.