Match + Chance - junior interested in public policy, journalism, policy, etc. (I am the oldest of immigrant parents so I'm pretty clueless about some stuff!)

Loyola is not a safety unless it is guaranteed to be affordable as well as guaranteed to admit you. If a large competitive merit scholarship is needed for affordability, it is probably a reach (for the large competitive merit scholarship).

Can you find out from your parents what they are willing to pay, and run some net price calculators on various colleges of interest? You need that to find safeties as well as be able to make realistic categorization of likely, match, and reach.

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