Bad idea to apply for financial aid?

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@thumper1

If you have really high stats, you might get sufficient merit aid to fund a lot of your costs at Alabama, Arizona, New Mexico where automatic scholarships are given. Depending on your stats, you could end up with out of pocket costs under $20,000 a year. Why aren’t these colleges on your list?

-Thank you, I’ll look into these colleges.

@DadTwoGirls

If you tell us your stats and your budget someone here might be able to suggest some schools. Knowing your likely major(s) and university preferences would also be helpful.

• Stats: SAT: 1390 (EBRW-740, Math-650) will be retaking in December and targeting 1500+ at least. GPA: 4.38/5 Major: Government/Pre-Law/Political Science Don't have any uni preferences, but being in New York would be a nice bonus. It's not super important tho. As for budget, keeping it between 30-40k per year would be preferable.