<p>Thanks so much for all of your advice. My family owns 2 properties, two very small offices. They can pay about 100-120k total. I would be willing to take on 20k in debt so a 15k annual scholarship really would be just fine to make college affordable. Any how, I am working to bring my SAT M+CR score up to 1450 (60 point increase) and I am working on the nonprofit where I serve on the board. I am banking on at least 15k at Goucher and possibly even more. That is my favorite safety where I would be very happy attending (at least I think I would be).</p>
<p>I really appreciate all this advice, it is helping me to solidfy my decision to not take on more than 20k in debt.</p>