Thank you for the university suggestions! Yes, my disability does make me reliant on either public transportation or ride share.
I’m mainly picking schools by going through Carnegie’s R1 and R2 list and checking their transfer rates/whether they’re listed on PTK’s college list, since I want to go into a Clinical Psychology doctorate program and that requires research experience.
I am definitely planning on applying to a lot of outside scholarships like JKCF and Point Foundation, because I know that I’m unlikely to get full rides everywhere. I’m trying to look for colleges that do provide 100% or close to 100% need, though I know it’s difficult and I saw the recent lawsuit about supposed needblind schools that were actually need aware. The financial aspect is I think the most confusing for me, because I have no idea how much a school actually costs outside of its sticker price, so thank you for the mention of the net price calculator.
For TX schools, I am essentially guaranteed free tuition. UT Austin and Rice’s income bracket is one I pass with flying colors, but beyond that I am Deaf and TX law means that Deaf and/or blind students aren’t charged tuition. I was only 1db higher than the limit last time but my audiologist recently had to make my hearing aids louder so I’m pretty sure I qualify now (great for the wallet but sucks for me). I have a roommate that helps with expenses, and they want to move with me if I go to anywhere in the New England area since that’s where their family is based.
I do know that Columbia General Studies average age is 26, so that was promising for me especially since GS focuses on nontraditional students, but that’s about as far as I’ve gotten on figuring out nontraditional statistics. Thank you for the ones you provided!
Do you know of a site that lists needblind + full-need schools? And do you think that I am a competitive enough applicant to apply to such schools, or should I just scrap it?