<p>Unless I’m mistaken, in-state and out-of-state tuition are the same because Brown is not a public school. It currently costs about $58,000 a year to go to Brown. I’m in the same income bracket, and my EFC was ~$30,000. Of course yours could be much different. It will depend on how much your parents have saved, siblings in college, your assets, etc. I’m applying as a transfer, and admissions are need-aware for us, and that sucks. I decided not to apply for aid at all because I heard awards weren’t great for transfers with higher EFCs anyway. A few thousand seemed to be the norm for transfers in my income bracket. </p>
<p>I can relate a lot to your post. I’m from a small community college in the Alabama, and no one here has ever applied to Brown or any Ivy League college for that matter. So I hope it’s true that being from a small southern school can help! Maybe it’ll cancel out the fact that I’m from a community college, which I’m assuming will hurt me… Anyway, best of luck to you!</p>