<p>I looked on their website for that part about being outgoing and couldn’t find it :(. We would still need FA with that OOS tuition. We estimate that we can spend at most, (for tuition, room and board) 25K. We’re in that really weird gap for FA, I think. No real job - husband has been substitute teaching when he can - but we have some assets - those we saved to send kiddos to college that we are living off of. So my feeling is that we will not qualify for FA, especially if the college looks at home equity. We’ve lived in our home long enough to have equity, but with no job, no way of getting to it. We still are not crossing off any schools because of that, but the reality is we have to have some safety schools, tuitionwise. My understanding is that state schools have need based funds for in-state, not OOS. Oh well, we just keep searching…it’s not hopeless, just hard to find schools and trying to find the right fit, but we are motivated. </p>
<p>We actually found a few schools in IL and IN that are interesting that we should be able to afford. A couple of Christian colleges, one has launched a couple of big names bands and it seems you get hands on classes freshman year at one of them. I see a BIG summer vacation visiting colleges - and too much driving for my taste.</p>
<p>I’ll have to check that movie Breaking Away, I’ve never heard of it… My S thinks school in Miami would be great, weather close to what we have here. He should have thought of that when he didn’t try his hardest in some classes in high school…</p>
<p>Thanks again for your input :)</p>