please help! looking for possible safety schools

mom2collegekids
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:05:35 +0000

i’m not sure about financial safety because my mom says she has enough money saved up for almost 20k a year, but i should get decent financial aid. that is quite a bit of money for college but my mom cant give me any more so i need help at the private schools (my families situation is kinda wierd so there is basically no income, but we are more middle- lower upper middle class

oops I missed this…

Many of the schools on your list are going to cost about $40-50k per year, yet your mom can only pay about $20k.

Assuming that your family’s EFC will be no more than $20k, you still might have a problem, because many of those schools can’t provide the other $20-30k that you’ll need to attend. And, the FA that they will give you may include a lot of student loans…it won’t likely be “free money”

Because you have good stats (that ACT 30) you need to look for schools that will give you merit even with your 3.0 GPA. You might even need to get your school to write a comparably weighted GPA on your transcript so you don’t miss out on scholarships. :)

Since many of your schools are CSS Profile, your dad’s income will be considered if he’s alive.