<p>Hello, I was looking for any suggestion of any school that would be a good match for me. I recently graduated from high school, but will be taking a gap year to travel and hopefully earn some money for school. I currently live in Florida but I will be moving to Nevada to stay with a relative because my parents are moving back to Mexico. I have no desire of ever coming back Florida, even for school. Cost is very important, parent contribution is decent, brother is in school and he is also getting help from them.</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.3/4
Weighted GPA: 6.4
SAT: 2050 (best combination)
SAT II: U.S. History: 620, Biology: 560
My school does not rank, but I was ranked 552 out of 11800 in my school district.
ECs are not very impressive; I did marching and concert band, youth group, youth choir, and mass choir.
I have 200 documented service hours.
I have not received any awards worth mentioning.
I am Mexican (yes I am legally in the US), therefore a minority. I am the second to go to college in my family, first in the U.S.
I have taken all AP/ IB/ Pre-IB classes since freshmen year with the exception of Physics, Trigonometry, and Band. Physic and Trig were honors classes (Sophomore year). </p>
<p>Senior Schedule (the district required me to take both the AP and IB exam for some classes since they were similar.)
- IB Statistics and Introductory Differential Calculus
- IB English IV / AP Literature and Composition
- IB Psychology II / AP Psychology
- IB French V / AP French Language and Culture
- IB History of the Americas and the Cold War
- IB Biology III / AP Biology
- Band IV
- AP Macroeconomics
- AP Microeconomics (took online)
- AP Statistics (took online) </p>
<p>I want to major in History and later apply to law school. Besides cost, I do not really care about class size, etc. as long as it provides a good education. I have only looked into the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Nevada at Las Vegas; I have also though about UCLA but it may be a reach and expensive. What do you guys recommend? Thanks.</p>
<p>What kind of price limit are you looking at?</p>
<p>Check each public school’s state residency rules to see how it determines your residency based on your situation.</p>
<p>Thanks for replying. </p>
<p>I am not sure about the price limit. My parent contribution is $15000 a year. I would not qualify for in-state tuition in Nevada, but i do in Florida.</p>
<p>A realistic maximum student contribution (Stafford loan and work earnings) about be about $8,000 to $9,000 per year, though many prefer to have a lower limit. If your parents can contribute $15,000, that makes the overall price limit $23,000 to $24,000, or less if you want a lower limit.</p>
<p>Run the net price calculators on each school to see what the net price after financial aid is. If you are in-state for Florida, be sure to consider the Florida public schools.</p>
<p>A few schools that you may be able to afford even at list price:</p>
<p>South Dakota State
Truman State (Missouri)
University of Minnesota - Morris</p>
<p>There may be some large scholarships that you can get:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships-18.html#post15895768[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships-18.html#post15895768</a>
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1461983-competitive-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships-2.html#post15889078[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1461983-competitive-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships-2.html#post15889078</a></p>
<p>I second the Truman State recommendation, [Truman</a> State University](<a href=“http://www.truman.edu%5DTruman”>http://www.truman.edu). It is very affordable for out of state students and is a highly respected up and coming school. You should qualify for a small merit scholarship there. Out of state tuition is around $13,000 and room & board around $8000. You should qualify for an automatic merit scholarship around $2000 per their website. </p>
<p>If you work during school and your parents contribute about $15,000 per year, you should be able to do Truman or a school with similar cost with only a small Stafford loan. You may even be able to avoid a loan if you can qualify for grant money. Try using the FAFSA4caster to get an idea of your expected family contribution: <a href=“https://fafsa.ed.gov/FAFSA/app/f4cForm[/url]”>https://fafsa.ed.gov/FAFSA/app/f4cForm‎</a></p>
<p>Be careful with generic EFC calculations. While some schools use FAFSA EFC, others calculate it by their own method, which may give different results. Also, many schools will not even come close to meeting need (i.e. their net price calculators or actual financial aid offers may leave you a net price substantially more than $24,000 per year).</p>