Chance Me Please: IR major looking for big merit! [IL resident, UW4.0, 1450 SAT]

[AustenNut]

@imlesmiserables

Cost Constraints / Budget
Most of these schools are unrealistic if I can’t get a substantial merit scholarship. I don’t qualify for much financial aid. It’s mainly up to me (with support from my parents) to take out loans and pay them back. I can’t justify more than about 25k a year (which is still a lot), especially since I’m thinking about law or grad school.

Has your family run the Net Price Calculator at Wellesley or Swarthmore? Some schools are much more financially generous than others. If the NPC at these schools are unaffordable, then I would definitely remove them from your list as they don’t offer merit aid.