My son’s gpa is 3.3 and his ACT is 27. I know those aren’t awful stats but they are likely not enough for merit aid at most schools. I ran the numbers at UArts and it said he’d get something like $10,300, but that still leaves 30K+. My budget is 20 -22, which is the cost of a SUNY without aid and without loans. I took loans to put myself through school. I told my kids I’d remortgage the house and take loans if they got into an Ivy or similar, but none of them was interested in doing the work necessary to take me up on that offer! and I won’t take loans for any other schools.
I haven’t looked at Shenandoah yet, heading to its website now.