@tk21769 @ucbalumnus You’re quite possibly right…I suppose my parents want to be supportive of my higher education so I guess they try not to make much of the cost, though obviously at the end of the day cost does matter. I will indeed look into more affordable schools, maybe in Wisconsin but my family wants me to remain in areas better known to foreigners, like Penn,NY, NJ, Boston area in the east, Chicago etc in the Mid-west and California in the West. If you could be so kind as to take the trouble of recommending some, I’d really be grateful. Thanks!