Chance an aspiring International Relations/ Philosophy major at top 20s', UMich, Georgetown, and BC! [3.99/1530]

My goodness, I think you may be president one day - or cure world hunger.

Extremely impressive.

I have one question for you - what is the budget?

OK - I have a second question? If the budget is less than $80K and some schools $90K, do you qualify for need based aid?

Third question - if the answer is, I do need money, then I’d ask - what state do you live in?

Thanks

I’d imagine you’d have a good chance at BC - current cost is about $86K. Michigan as well - current cost - currently over $76K the first two years and $80K the last two - and all these are going up.

Gtown and Princeton - certainly possible but not easy.

Scary as it seems, 1530 is a tad low for Princeton - above the 25th percent but ten points below the 50th. I imagine inconsequential - it’s just a hard admit!!

Gtown has its own application and you’ll need to send in all your test scores - so if your score is a superscore, they’ll see all that made it up.

But I think Princeton and Gtown are possible but I’d call Michigan and BC a match. So you’d still need that assured school - although I’m confident on BC and feeling ok about Michigan.

But if you can’t afford them or if your family doesn’t want to afford them - then they’re not a match.

And plenty of people are like that - it’s why I ask. I wouldn’t even let my kids apply to those schools - so if you don’t have need, make sure your parents are ok spending $375-400K over four years when they can spend - $70K, $100K, $200K, etc.

Great profile - I wish you well.