Average percent of need met?

mom2collegekids
Mon, 06 Jul 2015 12:59:58 +0000

Ok, I remember you now. Have you found out if your relatives are your legal (court-appointed) guardians? If not, why haven’t you found that out yet??

You’re home state is Tenn.

You’re looking at OOS publics and they won’t give you the aid you want. For instance, you were looking at Alabama A&M. It’s OOS and likely unaffordable to you. Then, someone who didn’t know your situation, recommended Auburn…that would totally not be affordable to you.

Do NOT pay attention to things like average need met. Not only does that mean little to you unless it’s 100%, but if it’s an OOS public, then the numbers are skewed because instate rates are much lower so it’s easier for the school to meet much of the need.

Anyone with lots of need has to be very careful with his app list. You have serious constraints (grades, ACT, and no one to pay).

You want to major in Plant Science. Surely a Tenn school has that or similar.

The state of Tenn has HOPE awards. Do you qualify?