I have a brother in college, I am mixed race (AA and Caucasian), my total income w assests is around 59k, my parents are seperated. Which schools will I get full aid with?
Each school has a Net Price Calculator on its website. Try it. Don’t assume you’ll get the same net price at another school.
Is that YOUR income & assets? Or your parents’ combined income & assets? It makes a difference in the NPC calculation. Also, are your parents legally divorced? Or just separated?
Generally, the more prestigious & fatly endowed the school, the more able it is to give generous FA. Of course, since everyone wants a great deal, these tend to be the hardest schools to get into.
Notice that when stores sell big screen TVs at a big discount, the line of customers winds around the block…
Be careful with the net price calculators. You will be listing your parents as separated. Most net price calculators do not have that as a question.
If a school only uses the FAFSA, you would put only the parent with whom you reside on that FAFSA (reside with for greater than 50% of the time for,the year prior to your FAFSA filing date).
But some schools also use the CSS Profile, and require the non-custodial parent form.
Also, what year in college is your brother? That WILL reduce your FAFSA EFC while he is in school…but that doesn’t necessarily mean you will get more need based aid. That depends on the school.
Does your brother currently receive need based aid? What does HE get? Does he get a Pell Grant?
What sorts of colleges will you be applying to? What are your GPA and ACT or SAT scores?
Are you in high school (what year)? What is your GPA / ACT / SAT? What is the income of the parent you live with more than half of the time?
My brother is in his freshman year, paying 12k a semester. they arent officially divorced. my gpa is a 3.5 and my sat is a 1500. i am going to be a senior.
http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com
Looks like you could get full tuition at University of Alabama.
You should look into the Questbridge scholarship program. https://www.questbridge.org/high-school-students/national-college-match/scholarship-details
What was your PSAT score?