Help needed finding more safety and target schools

twogirls
Sun, 14 Jun 2020 22:13:40 +0000

You indicated that your parents are out of work due to Covid and that you are hoping to get enough FA to bring the cost down to what they can pay…which is no more than $20,000 per year.

Will your parents eventually return to work? Keep in mind that once they do, you may be full pay or mostly full pay…and you might not get enough FA to pay for school. You need a 4 year plan…not a 1 or 2 year plan.

UVA and Michigan are reaches…both financial and being OOS.

I would add instate NJ schools where you will receive enough merit to bring the cost down.

I would look at private schools and OOS publics where you might receive full tuition scholarships (your parents can likely afford R/B at these schools…which could be $15,000+). Keep in mind that you will have to give up the prestige of your current list.

I would run the NPCs and see what the costs are at the schools on your list, and what they might be once your parents return to work. Add a few…be prepared to give them up if they are unaffordable (or if they will be down the road).

Apply for a few competitive awards at schools such as Emory, but be prepared to walk away if you do not receive them (these scholarships are competitive and unlikely).

Look into the U of South Carolina, Arizona, Pitt, U of Vermont, URI, the SUNY schools, Ohio State, Elon, maybe Richmond. Keep Alabama. UMD will likely not give you the merit you need.