Narrowing down college list

[Mwfan1921]

@lostmirage

@Mwfan1921 My parents can/are willing pay 20-25k and the NPCs all come around to that cost (or slightly over). I just don’t want them too especially because grad schools a lot as is. They still want me to apply though to all the selective privates. Sadly, my cheapest private schools are also my most selective so I’m in a bit of a conundrum here. I live in Florida so my instate Publics are pretty cheap.

It’s great that you have the Florida options, their in-state costs will be tough to beat. Did you take the PSAT this past fall? Any chance you will be a national merit semi-finalist?

Cost is going to help narrow down the options for you. At the schools that provide need-based aid only, if the npcs are accurate, there won’t be more money coming than that.

So, if you removed F&M from your list because they don’t provide merit…take a close look at the other schools on your list (and their npcs) that don’t offer merit: Bowdoin, Bates, Brown, Wesleyan, Tufts, UPenn, Princeton, Vassar, and Haverford. Pitt is unlikely to get close to $25K, same for Drexel.

For med school, you do want to limit debt and save $ during undergrad years, because med school is expensive, and by and large there is very limited merit there…most students fund med school with cash and/or loans.