Chance Me: CA resident, 3.99 GPA (4.00/4.20/4.68 for UC, 4.14 for CSU), 1600 SAT, 1520 PSAT, computer engineering, applied math [home schooled with many college courses]

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@jcha could you please clarify. You say you won’t qualify for need based aid…but a number of colleges on your list give ONLY need based aid.

What exactly can your family afford to pay annually for you to attend college?

Do you qualify for substantial need based aid?

I would urge you to read this thread. It’s an older one, but relevant here. This student was an exceptionally strong student, much like you. But he got rejected from all of his application schools as a high school senior.

You need a sure thing and affordable college…first and foremost!

Please read the entire thread.

No Acceptances: One Kid's Story - A year later...

Part I of III Sorry this is long but some posters have pm’d me about our story and I thought it would be of help to re-tell it. One year ago I posted a question here on CC – “We’re Picking up the Pieces …but what went wrong?” My son had applied to eight schools, been rejected at five and waitlisted at three. I expected to get a few responses and see the thread disappear deep into the archives of CC. Little did I imagine that one year later, not only would I still be posting about the progress, but an entire cyber family on College Confidential would still be going through it with me. For the benefit of those of you starting out on college applications, or – hopefully not-- for those of you who may find yourselves in our position, this is the story of one kid’s worst case scenario and how he made the best of it. I’m re-telling it here by way of my own original posts and those of other CC posters whose advice was so vital to the journey. Thanks to all of you! My original post o…