<p>I know this question means absolutely nothing in relative terms as it changes student by student.</p>
<p>If my parents income is 23k and I have a 3.75 gpa (converted straight from 90-100to 4.0… i am excluding all the extra and special recalculations that schools have) and 2100 SAT. Would I qualify for full-need and what exactly is full-need “usually” based off and how much money is actually there? Yes i know this is a student-by-student comparison but if you have life details of you and or someone getting a certain amount of money from certain schools without an amazing, valedictorian, stats please weigh in!</p>
<p>“Full-need” doesn’t have to do with your stats. It deals more so with how much the college is willing to meet. For example, a college I want to go to meets 83% of aid on average. So, I’ll most likely need to come up with some way to cover the other 17%. </p>
<p>Based off your parents’ income, you’ll most likely qualify for multiple grants, such as the Pell. You should look into some federal grants that’ll help you. :)</p>
<p>Also, your stats are high enough to get you some pretty hefty merit aid. You should look into schools where your stats dominate over the median. That’s what I did and I got an $80,000 over 4 yrs. purely-merit scholarship. :)</p>
<p>As long as your parents don’t have surprising assets for people who make $23K, you will probably get the most money for a good quality quality school by focusing on schools that meet 100% of need rather than merit aid schools. Search this site for the list. Pay attention to whether they require students loans and where they cap them.</p>
<p>Your main concern will be choosing schools that don’t meet “need” by loading up the FA package with student loans and/or don’t meet full need which would leave you with a big gap.</p>
<p>There are some schools that will give you a lot of merit money for your stats. That would be in addition to any grants that you would qualify for. :)</p>