I think you need to check your status with each school b4 applying.
As for getting into an Ivy - who knows?
But if you don’t do the NPC - you might find out it’s $85K a year - are you going? If not, why bother applying. Just so you can say - I got in. That’s ridiculous.
If you can afford it, by all means - but based on what you say your income is and what you can spend - the Ivies, Reed - all of them are out.
You can try W&L.
You can try Troy - a public in Alabama.
The Scholars PLUS Award
- Students with a 33-36 ACT/1450-1600 RSAT and a 3.7 GPA will receive tuition, full housing and meal plan
And schools like these.
Is that better than your state flagship - that’s up to you.
We have no need. Like your folks, I had a limit. We applied for the Johnson - because why not. My daughter wanted to apply to Cornell to see if she can get in. I wasn’t sending her - since she would have had to do another essay and I was making her pay, she wisely decided against it.
Stop with the - can I get in.
You only have so much time - make it efficient.
Do an NPC for an Ivy, see how the # looks, then decide to apply. Better yet, call and talk to an aid advisor because of your situation.
I walked into Saks Fifth Avenue - and they didn’t kick me out. But I bought nothing and shop at Macys. No one cares that I walked into Saks. Bad analogy - what I’m saying is - many kids get into higher pedigree schools than they ultimately attend. They may attend the “lesser” school for various reasons - money, location, major, special program…whatever. And that’s fine.
Hopefully the schools they applied to were at least possible.
You are wanting to apply to the impossible - for a pat on the shoulder. It’s your life - go ahead - but it’s foolish and time wasting.
You really need to understand your monetary situation and how each school looks at someone in your status - and build from there - I believe.
There are schools - like Alabama - that will hit you with big $$ - even as an International.
Good luck.