Strong academics, low income

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Hi everyone! hope everything is going well for everyone. I’m currently a junior in high school. I’m an only child. I’m very worried and scared about my future concerning college and getting a proper job, because my parents have a very low income. My academic background is very strong though, I mean take look that past classes:

Freshman
Honors Spanish 3 A
AP U.S History A-
Honors Algebra 2 A+
Honors English and Literature 3 A
Health 1 A+
Fitness Movement A+
Honors Chemistry A+
AP Environmental Science A+

Sophomore
Honors Spanish 4 A-
AP World History A+
Honors Precalculus A+
AP English Language A
Health 2 A+
Fitness Movement A
AP Biology A+
Honors Human Anatomy and Physiology A+

Junior
Honors Spanish 5 A+
AP Economics A-
AP Calculus BC A+
AP English Literature A+
AP Computer Science Princ. A-
AP Chemistry A+
Web Design 2 A+
Organic Chemistry 1 A+

And this is my schedule next year:

Senior
AP Spanish Literature
AP Psychology
AP Statistics
Honors Survey of American Literature 122
AP Computer Science A
AP Physics C
Organic Chemistry 2

The another thing I’m worried about is how college will look at how I have no extracurriculars ( I have no time). I’m always crying myself to sleep thinking on how i’m going to succed in any way.

Anything would be appreciated. Thank you.

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Parental income will not limit your prospects for many of the country’s academically strongest colleges:

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/articles/2016-09-19/colleges-that-claim-to-meet-full-financial-need

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Your grades are excellent. Prepare well for the SATs or ACTs. Don’t worry about ECs at this point. In your essay, write about yourself, and why your family situation limited your opportunity to do them, and how you chose to focus on academics.

You haven’t told us where you live, so it’s hard to advise on your in-state options. That would be helpful.

In the meantime, start researching these schools:
http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com/

This isn’t the newest list, so it may not be 100% accurate, but it will steer you in the right direction. Good luck!

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Being a low income student, you’d actually end up paying less at some of the nation’s top 30 private Unis than you would at even your state flagship school.

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Higher schools have wonderful aid. For example I’m by no means very low income but we make about 65,000 and I only have to pay 2,000 for U Chicago or Swarthmore. Which I can pay for myself by getting a part time job during school. Definitely talk about your situation in essays and emphasize how living in a lower income family has changed you or helped you become a better person. Also look up Questbridge. They can seriously help pay for college and give you a few more essays to show how living in a lower income has changed your life.
https://www.questbridge.org