What should i do?

aunt_bea
Sat, 13 Mar 2021 02:23:44 +0000

Public universities derive their funding from state taxes and the people of the state paying for those taxes.
The schools you have listed are public and that means your OOS fees are going to be high.

Most State schools will only provide Federal funding which means that as a non-resident, you won’t qualify for instate fees nor instate scholarships.
Example:
University of Arizona will cost you $38,000.
If you qualify for a full Pell Grant (from Federal funds) that’s $6K per year.
If you qualify for a loan, that’s another $6K per year.
That’s a total of $12K. You would still need $26K per year.
You cannot borrow that.
A parent or another person would have to borrow that for you. If you are low income, your parent may not qualify for a loan of that size each year. Where would you get the money?
You’re not a resident of Texas, so your chances there are not good.

FAFSA is the name of an application (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), it doesn’t give you money. The federal government provides those funds and that money wont go far at an OOS university.

California is a HUGE state and the schools are SO DIFFERENT from each other! They are not the same.
You sound like you want to get away from your current city, but you really need to consider instate schools. If you apply now, with just one year done, you will be competing against students who have the required units and EC’s for transfer. They will use your HS grades to evaluate your preparation so you wont be competitive and you wont have the funds to transfer.