<p>Thanks for replying. </p>
<p>Yes I have thought about most of those schools at one point or another, out of HS and now. </p>
<p>NYU. Too urban. Columbia barely makes the cut, it’s in Manhattan but when I was there at least it somewhat felt like a campus. And terrible aid scared me away from applying out of HS. </p>
<p>Cornell applied and was rejected. Thought about applying as a transfer, and might but not sure if aid will be there. </p>
<p>Waitlisted and later denied at Georgetown. Would love to go there and was definitely in my top 3 applying out of high school. Can be hit or miss with aid thought, but I might apply with ROTC in mind. </p>
<p>Duke, didn’t really think about too much. Would probably be a decent fit, nerdier/frattier version of OSU haha and places well given its distant proximity from NYC. Love North Carolina (the state, not UNC haha) too .</p>
<p>Didn’t really give any thought to Williams or Amherst, too small. </p>
<p>Rejected from UVa. Would have loved to go there (Jefferson is even one of my political idols!) but I’m afraid the aid wouldn’t have matched up had I gotten in. Used to live in NOVA though and still have relatives there. I could swing IS tuition rates, maybe I could move in with them? …hahaha naw</p>
<p>Rice thought about a little bit. Might have to give it a little more thought. Little on the small side but I think I would be ok. Is it really that good of an IB school?</p>
<p>Vandy was ok when I visited, could see myself going there, but again, aid will be an issue. Location is ideal, Nashville is cool and TN is a beautiful state. </p>
<p>IU…eh no. Don’t like the state of Indiana haha (jk, no big reason, would not impede me from going to school there) and I know they have that IB workshop thing (but so does OSU mind you) but I don’t think it is that much better at OSU, only marginally better. Top it off I’m not paying OOS fees for that. Though I guess I am starting to develop scarlet and gray glasses so call me out if you think I am wrong. </p>
<p>UNC. Would love going to school there but too expensive. Doubt they give transfer scholarships. However, tuition is only $24k OOS. Hmmmm. I would only need to borrow $15k a year and I could RA jr year and work on scholarships and cut that down hmmmmm. Could be a possibility but honestly I think I’d rather graduate debt free from OSU than borrow $30k for UNC. Could make it fly to fit it under $20k, which would make me think long and hard.</p>
<p>UT-Austin sounds like an awesome school, but pretty expensive OOS (though not as bad as UMich or UCLA, etc… I suppose). Probably not going to fly and I wonder if that top 8% rule applies to transfers? Probably not but who knows. </p>
<p>hmmmmm, you got me thinking with UNC. Love the vibe and I like NC a lot. Wouldn’t want to borrow a ton of money to go there though. It’s a good school don’t get me wrong, but it’s not like the Wall Street recruiters are crawling all over them. But only carrying ~$20k in debt from there would not be that bad. </p>
<p>thanks for the reply.</p>
<p>edit: Penn’s FA brochure and example packages</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.admissionsug.upenn.edu/paying/PennFinancialAid.pdf[/url]”>http://www.admissionsug.upenn.edu/paying/PennFinancialAid.pdf</a></p>
<p>Example that is very close to my situation:</p>
<p>My family situation is a lot like “Eric’s” (even the little sister part is true haha) with about ~$150,000 parent income, $200,000 home equity, $25,000 in savings.
Penn expects the parents to pay $27,900 and “Eric” to pay $2,350 for an EFC of $30,250. It also talks about the drop when his sister goes to college. </p>
<p>My dad makes slightly less than that a year and we have a lot less home equity. But my parents inherited a lot of farmland that is apparently very valuable so assets and home equity could be easily be around $200,000 like Eric’s family. </p>
<p>I could definitely swing Penn or a school like that with a package like that. I would have to borrow a little but nothing crushing.</p>