National Merit Commended

mom2collegekids
Thu, 24 Sep 2015 03:09:13 +0000

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So I’m from Ohio. UW is my dream school, but my parents told me I can’t attend unless I get a free ride (which is valid, I think). I’m curious how likely it is that I’ll get a generous financial aid package from UW. (I think I know the answer, but I’m hopeful I’ll hear the opposite.) Do they favor OOS students? Are they more merit based, or more need based? If it helps, I have a 30 ACT and a 3.7ish GPA unweighted.

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First off, take UW off your list…it will not be affordable. You won’t get much in merit, if any, and the cost will be high…which your parents won’t pay.

Since your parents said that you needed a “free ride” to attend, does that mean that they aren’t paying much/anything for college?

Take NYU off your list if you haven’t already. Your parents aren’t going to pay $70k per year for you to go there.

I think you need a totally new list. You’re focused on expensive schools that won’t give you the money you need.

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My family is upper-middle class, but our budget is tight,

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You need a new list. Otherwise you’re going to end up with a handful of unaffordable schools.

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-NYU
-Boston U
-George Washington
-Tulane
-DePaul
-Pace
-Suffolk
-U of Denver
-Minnesota
-U of IL Chicago
-LIU Brooklyn (Is this a bad school? I’ve heard conflicting things.)
-U of Akron (because my mom works there, aka free tuition)
-Wooster (because free application, and I was told I would get “maximum scholarship consideration”, and my mom said so. She wants to use their offer to bribe other schools into giving me more money…)
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Is that true about College of Wooster? What does that mean?