Chances for UCs, Ivies, prestigious universities?

theloniusmonk
Sat, 11 Apr 2020 02:03:36 +0000

"special circumstance. My family doesn’t have a lot of income and for most of my high school career, I’ve been working tutoring jobs to help out my mom. I’m also an immigrant to the U.S. and the first person in my family to go to college. "

What exactly is your special circumstance, if you’re ok sharing, unless it’s you being an immigrant in a low income household? You have a good story to tell, being first-gen, working to support the family, and achieving what you have. As others have said, public colleges are not going to give good FA, so focus on private ones and have a good set of match and safety schools in addition to your reach colleges.