<p>*I don’t have “Assurance.” However, judging by there admission statistics (average SAT score, etc.) I am quite certain I would get admitted—probably with enough financial aid to attend.</p>
<p>Of course I am aware that nothing is certain, but they are my “safeties.”*</p>
<p>Those aren’t safeties. Admittance is only half of the issue. for a school to be a safety, you have to also know that you’ll have the funding to attend. If those schools were the only schools to accept you and both gave you a twenty thousand dollar gap in aid, you’d have NO school to attend…right?</p>
<p>What is your home state? If it’s NY, then apply to a couple of SUNY’s that have good CS. With fed aid, state aid, maybe some merit, student loan, and work study, they’re more likely affordable at least with smaller gaps in funding.</p>