Financial safety colleges?

gadad
Mon, 10 May 2010 18:36:13 +0000

Why are you limited to those colleges? With the exception of UT-Austin, they aren’t very selective schools, and you’ve posted that you’re likely to be in the top 10% of your class. If your SAT or ACT is commensurate with your grades, you should be in at all but Austin, and with top 10% you may be in there too. Many of the more selective private colleges have the higher endowments, and greater resources with which to offer generous financial aid. You’ll need at least one or two financial safeties on your application list, but you may want to cast a broader net with the rest of your applications.

BTW, in-state tuition at public colleges and universities in TX is relatively inexpensive, even before financial aid.