I understand you like your other schools more but be reminded you need a 4 year plan on how to pay for college and your financial plan seems a little shaky. An admission without adequate means to pay is still a rejection.
Unfortunately we see way too many times students not attending college because parents say don’t worry about money then money becomes and issue. Keep in mind College is a moral and social obligation. Even though the state has child support orders in place until you are 21 they are not going make your non custodial pay for for private college.
What rankings are you looking at and what is the basis of these rankings
I know that the NYC CA4A strongly recommends that every nyc for student applies to cuny (in fact schools are tracked on this measure).
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