Help to build a reasonable college list

cptofthehouse
Thu, 20 Jun 2019 22:46:23 +0000

If your budget is $5k a year, and you are not a US citizen or permanent resident, none of these schools are safeties for your daughter. You should find out what the rules are in VA for what sort of aid she can get and how possible it is to get the cost down to $5k. That’s practically a full ride you want, and those are always difficult to get. I do not know what VA has for low income families in the way of college funding especially if your daughter is an international student. She will not have the cushion of work study or Direct loans that could pay some of the living expenses if she should get free tuition.

I don’t know how Pitt even made it on the list as a safety. There is no guarantee of free ride or close to it, even with perfect stats. And that’s even for American students. There is nothing automatic about Pitt’s merit awards.