Need Help with Picking Out the Right Colleges!

bgbg4us
Sat, 16 Jan 2021 23:03:53 +0000

hey raye, you are doing great so far with your schooling and accomplishments! Well done to you! hoping that PSAT comes through for you; as you’ll have some national merit options.

my kid graduated last year. he had similar EFC and similar but not quite as high stats (34/3.95). He looked all over for full-tuition schools; we found no automatic full-ride opportunities.

He did not apply for any special scholarship opportunities or honors programs (except one program at our state U that he did not get). He ended up with two full-tuition offers, and two schools that ended up with tuition around 2K$. We wanted him to go for Merit because we have 4 kids. He LOVES where he is (Alabama). He wanted colorado school of mines, but we just couldnt do it.

your results may vary, but I just want to say full rides are hard to come by, and to put that bug in your ear now. But I do think you’ll have some good options, and maybe you’ll put more effort into special applications than he wanted to! (his top auto merit offers included arizona, texas tech, nebraska and miami of ohio. University of Utah also had some good opps for people in his zone if i remember right). keep up your good work! ** and editing to add, florida state gave him in-state tuition; which to a kid from frozen midwest tundra was so exciting and slightly considered, but their engineering programs weren’t what he wanted.