chances- out of state

Lilliana330
Sat, 03 May 2014 01:42:52 +0000

You seem like a great candidate (academics, EC’s, etc.).

However, this concerns me:

“parents refuse to pay for college/car etc.”

If your parents refuse to pay for your education, how do you plan on covering the OOS fee ($23,000 per year)? You can only take out 5500 freshman/6500 soph/7500 junior/7500 senior in loans, and UC’s already apply these towards room/board. For more loans, your parents would have to cosign/make themselves partially responsible. The Regents Scholarship might help, but competition is tough (top 1% of applicants only). Outside scholarships could help too, but they’re often small & non-renewable…

DO apply, but keep costs in mind!