<p>well with all those still on the list i’d have about 17 schools i’m applying to and i feel it is a bit much 
i’ve been trying to cut it down. My financial situation is an odd one. I am the first born here in the US in my family but not first generation(my mother went to college in another country to get a degree that was useless in the states) so that takes me out of 1st gen scholarships money. We make a decent income of ~105k per year but we live in NY in nassau county so living expenses are high. My mother wanted to put me in the best situation posisble education wise which i repsect but it has hurt us probably for financial aid. We lost our home, have ZERO assets, and my father has a floundering business and are living essentially paycheck to paycheck because of expenses and debt but because of our total income i fear i will get next to nothing in aid from schools :(</p>