Almost Halfway Through -- What Now?

happymomof1
Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:00:27 +0000

When you say that your income is too high for good aid, what exactly do you mean? Can your family comfortably cover the cost of the CSUs or UCs? Or, will your bottom-line safety be a CCC for the first two years?

Your PSAT scores are predictive of very good SAT scores, and you have a very nice GPA. Talk about the money issue with your parents. You may want to be looking at places that have good merit-based aid. There are a number of threads on that topic in the Financial Aid Forum. Just keep scrolling down until you hit them.