Should I plan on transferring colleges?

austinmshauri
Thu, 16 Aug 2018 11:30:27 +0000

If you’re in NYS near Albany then you have some excellent choices. Transferring can be expensive if you don’t get any grants. How much can your
parents pay per year? In your other thread it sounds like they may not be able to afford much. SUNY tuition is ~$6k tuition/year. If you qualify for the Excelsior Grant that will cover the tuition. If not, maybe you’ll be eligible for the TAP (Tuition Assistance Program) Grant. You can take the ~$5500/year federal student loan and if you work summers you can probably earn another ~$3k. Any of those options will make commuting to a SUNY affordable.

If you want to attend a private college or go OOS, you need merit and/or need based aid. Your stats have to be high to be eligible for either. Find out how much your parents are willing/able to pay and run the Net Price Calculators for some schools you’re interested in. The best aid generally goes to freshmen, so find a school that will be affordable all 4 years. If you can’t afford it as a freshman, you probably won’t be able to swing it as a transfer.