@Creekland Thank you for your response. I’ll definitely check with the state school to see if the full ride still exists. If not, it’s only 6k a year, so 24k total in undergrad, which is still much, much better than 150k.
The 3s on the AP exams have more to do with the effort I put into test prep. I regret not caring enough about AP scores, but I was definitely capable of scoring more 4s and 5s. I had better grades than some of my peers in the same classes, but they ended up doing better on the exams because they put more effort into preparing for the exam. Lesson learned, I guess. I don’t know if it means anything, but I had a 34 ACT and a 4.0 in high school. Would that correlate better with my performance in college?
UAlbany is likely easier than RPI, so I shouldn’t have too much of a problem getting a 3.8-3.9. Most people in the RPI-AMC program have 3.7-3.8, and that is while taking the hardest classes and combating RPI grade deflation.