College List- Need advice!!

MYOS1634
Tue, 16 Sep 2014 22:55:51 +0000

What is your parents’ budget?
If they didn’t tell you an exact number, run the NPCs on PSU and JMU and bring the result to them.
(PSU is 46k OOS and has no merit whatsoever for non-shreyer-material/OOS applicants; JMU is 39k and merit is unlikely.) Don’t let them say they’ll figure it out in the Spring - you need to have a realistic idea of what amount they can pay.
These aren’t safeties until you know for sure your parents can pay for them.
If you mean that you’re looking for schools similar to PSU and JMU, we’d need to know what your exact budget is. In addition, what do you like about both schools - they’re rather dissimilar in terms of culture, location, sports, size…