Schools really try to make it a success for all accepted students, and will make accommodations for tests, records submission, registration, etc.
We arrived at orientation without my daughter’s vaccination records. They were very helpful in helping us try to get them sent from an OOS health dept when the admissions person had a thought that they might be attached to her high school transcripts. Really, I thought? And there they were. The only penalty would have been that daughter couldn’t have registered for classes, but they were all trying to make it work. Other daughter was at a school with 30% international students. They make a lot of exceptions and accommodations all the time. Showing up early, showing up late, housing over holidays (and during hurricanes), converting grades from a different system.
If you think you have enough schools, then don’t consider any more. You have a lot of really high reaches, both academically and financially.
@twoinanddone
The only potential financial reach is the safety. The rest of the list is elite specifically to be affordable.
I would not be surprised if you did have issues with FAMU (my daughter sure did and they can change some of the things that they do from year to year), but there are so many other schools that you can look at that give institutional aid. There were several schools that gave my daughter institutional full ride scholarships where the only thing she did was applied to the college/universities and in some cases, the Honors Colleges. I believe that with a slight increase in your test scores and great essays that you will get into some elite schools and that will that will take care of your cost concerns. My only other suggestion would be that you look into fee waivers for your application fees since your EFC is low. Your CC family is with you…
@ChangeTheGame
Yeah, I’m getting application fee waivers. Unfortunately, I can’t get them for the CSS Profile.
@testprepishard
You can’t get fee waivers to send the Profile…and IIRC, you also can’t get fee waivers to have your SAT scores or AP test scores sent. For 17 schools…this can really add up.
You are correct, although the AP score report only needs to be sent to the college one is attending, and if one takes an AP exam as a senior, the student can use a free score report to send that.
The SAT test comes with 4 free score reports, and some schools (a small list but growing (e.g. UC’s, Chicago, and Yale) only require the score report from accepted and attending applicants. But yes, it will probably still be expensive.
@skieurope @thumper1
College Board has a new policy starting this year: low-income students get an unlimited number of free SAT score sends. Cost shouldn’t be a problem now.
@testprepishard Ahh, you are correct. Thanks for setting me straight.
That’s good about the SAT scores. Thank you for that info.
Let us know what your new SAT score is…really until you have that, there isn’t much more to suggest to you!
@thumper1
Well, let us hope. The practice tests are going well, I suppose. Just finished my sixth one. Leaving the last two for September.
You can find some online (you have to print them then score them yourself but they’re good practice anyway).
I agree FAMU has serious organizational problems.
What about Hampton? UT Tyler or other Texas colleges?
@MYOS1634
Do you mean the official College Board tests?
@MYOS1634
UT Tyler looks interesting. The scholarship appears to be a full ride, requires no separate application, but is competitive. I might have a better chance if I apply earlier. If I did, I’d have to wait for their ApplyTexas page to have an option for the Fall 2019 semester.