Chance me for NY, MA DC,and CA universities [US citizen outside the US, 3.4 GPA, <$30k]

Hi, US citizen, living abroad, graduated from a high school in Greece, gpa 3.4, excellent grades in classical Greek and latin , fluent modern Greek, b2 french,great letters of recommendation, ballet for 12 years , chess player, volunteering with school , school government. Thinking to apply fall 2027!
What are my chances to get in

NY: Fordham, nyu, hunter, CCNY, Hofstra,pace ,
CA: scu, Pepperdine, Univ of San Francisco, Univ of San Diego, Loyola merymount,

DC:catholic university of America, gwu, Howard,

MA:umass Boston, UMass Amherst , Suffolk
Intended major : communication
Thank you!!

When did you graduate HS?

Is the 3.4 GPA weighted or unweighted?

Test scores?

And…what is your budget per year of college?

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Hi thanks for replying graduated 2025 ,

3.4 unweighted

Budget : about 30k per year

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$30k will be tough at any unless you have significant need. You need to apply to schools that assuredly will get you to $30k. It likely won’t be any in this list but rather a school like Central Michigan or W Carolina.

In addition till best score, can you talk more about your academics - how many years of science and which. Same with math, social sciences, etc.

Has your family filled out any net price calculators ?

Here’s two - have them fill them out. Do they show under $30k? Hofstra has always been aggressive and AU is becoming more so (enrollment shortfalls).

Would you be considered a citizen of any state? If not, you can remove the public schools I think - well maybe leave on the CCNYs. They won’t make cost - but maybe can get close.

Generally you’ll find less expensive schools in the South, the midwest or heartland (think Dakotas type of places). For example, U of South Dakota is $25K-ish for tuition, room and board full price. Plus travel, etc.

UMASS is over $60K and the regional campuses about 10% less (before merit, of course).

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