I am fine ending up at Marquette UIC or Depaul just I’d prefer not, I applied because it was free or just as a safety, I regret only my application to Illinois State as I had to pay for it and dont want to go there.
For UWMadison and U of I idk if its 100% necessary to go TO and idk if its too late, but i’ll look into it thank you!
That said your background is impressive otherwise.
Im not really a URM, I’m Albanian but that is just white and I just say im christian even though I say im more into Abrahamism in general (too complicated) because they dont have that option. I talk about growing up speaking albanian, learning english, overcoming a stutter and english as a second language along with some bullying I’ve had due to speaking Albanian in public like in an essay I wrote about a time I was harassed at a grocery store for speaking Albanian, but if they just look at race and religion and sex and sexuality I am no way shape or form a URM.
I have a lot of merit scholarships im applying to, and my efc is pretty high so I am getting like next to none in aid. I am the most academically successful of my family and the first in America to be born and to go to college so my family is waging a lot on me and is helping me a lot.
Idk if they’re right for me; I like some of them but need more research on others. F.e. I used to like Columbia… till I realized i could never live in NYC and i didnt like it too too much haha.
Unfortunately I am also not q first gen as my dad went to the University of Florence in italy (even tho im the 1st in my moms family to go to college and first in my dads to go to college in america). I had to learn the whole new process of american college applications and go through college with no familial background in it, but am not a first gen.
Thanks for the help! Let me know if this helped, or any further questions!