<p>Mom2collegekids, let me talk with my mom today and let you know what she says about this–we did (mistakenly?) think that financial aid and merit aid stack to cover tuition costs.</p>
<p>In the meantime, I researched Syracuse and Boston University a little and liked them a lot! Syracuse even has a magazine journalism degree and fashion design (I want to be a fashion journalist, so thumbs up.) With acceptance rates of 60 and 58 prevents respectively, and a UW Madison rate of 63% for in-state kids, do you guys think I have a fair number of schools I’m pretty sure I’ll get into? (I have near-perfect grades (my school does percents…99%) and got a 228 on the PSAT. Taking the ACT and SAT in September and October…I hope to do very well on those too :)</p>