@fiftyfifty1 Oh!! Glad to hear, thats a lot more reassuring! ^^;;
And thank you & @Eeyore123 for the perspectives on research opportunities! : )
Also, sorry for the late ping, but @aquapt: would you happen to know the likelihood of recieving merit at places like Mt. Holyoke or Scripps? I ran the NPC for both and they’re looking at 40k, which is too much. Both however seem to have fairly generous merit, and since the EFC listed for both was in a more affordable range, I wanted to know if it would be worth hoping for these awards (to replace the loans in the offered aid package), given my stats? I’m was thinking they probably weren’t high enough for Scripps, but was hoping Mt. Holyoke miiight be more possible.