Current junior looking for ego reduction

[ucbalumnus]

@CavsFan2003

Yeah! I’ve found that, on average, I’m probably going to have to take out around 6-7k in loans per year, no matter what school I go to (without merit aid, that is, but I can’t estimate merit aid at this time). MIT is by far the cheapest on the NPC, around like a $100 estimated contribution. Michigan, RPI, and WPI are the most expensive, asking around $30k. I know WPI offers good merit aid, with a full scholarship for FIRST robotics members, though.

My parents will not be contributing any money directly to my college expenses

In other words, you need a net price of about $10k or less ($5.5k federal direct loan, $4.5k summer and part time school year work earnings, or similar amounts).

Michigan, RPI, and WPI should be listed as high reach, because you need to earn a high end merit scholarships to bring their net prices down to $10k or less.

The WPI FIRST scholarships are full tuition, not full ride: https://www.wpi.edu/admissions/tuition-aid/types-of-aid/scholarships-grants/wpi-merit/first-scholarships . A full tuition scholarship leaves about $19k of remaining expenses: https://www.wpi.edu/admissions/tuition-aid/cost-attendance . You will have to ask WPI how the WPI-given FIRST scholarship and financial aid may be combined if you get it.