Before you ask which colleges to apply to, please consider

Maggpie
Mon, 21 Apr 2014 22:04:12 +0000

More useful is unweighted, with a count of how many AP’s you took.
And, absolutely, you must do the NPC on every school’s website. Just because you get in, does not mean you can afford to go there. I wish kids and college counselors would stop focusing on the hardest reach school, and look at solid Matches that will give you Merit scholarships. Many college counselors don’t even want to talk about the money part. It can be a difficult and devastating process to families and students who don’t go in with eyes open!

I just did EFC’s at 7 or 8 schools for my son who’s a junior. Almost all schools came back with a net price between $25 and $30,000. The most expensive was a big public school flagship - a big $0 in merits or grants. Our net cost would be $42,000. Good to know, we won’t bother to apply. Too bad, they’re missing lots of good students to the privates, which many people assume are too expensive.