Help me with course load! NoVA sophomore with Ivy dreams

If your family income is under $65,000, you might look at Questbridge.

You are correct to look at schools that meet need - but your family will need to run the net price calculators of each school - because they will use the CSS profile, which runs a lot deeper than FAFSA.

There will be lots of great schools that meet need and have ChemE and it’s probably a bit early to pounce on that - but from a Miami, Lehigh, Lafayette, UVA, Cornell, Princeton, MIT, CMU, Case Western and more.

In most cases, the where for engineering isn’t as huge a dealer - but you’ll want to be in a program that’s ABET accredited.

First - you might figure out what you want in a school - size, environment (urban, rural, etc.) and more.

Good luck.

Two attachments - one the NPC for Lehigh…have your folks fill it out.

Two - a list of schools that meet need - it’s 3rd party, so you’d need to research to ensure it’s accurate.

Also, don’t forget that your home state may have a program for low income (not sure). You can ask your counselor or someone else might know - you have some great engineering schools in state.

After you get your PSAT, if you get National Merit - and it can’t be counted on - but if you do, you’ll go to school for free or near free - if you play that card.

Good luck

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