<p>I don’t have a set budget at the moment because I haven’t fully explored scholarship options yet.</p>
<p>The amount your family will spend each year (your budget) is unrelated to how much you’d get in scholarships. Also, private scholarships are often small and only for freshman year, so they’re not going to close the gaps for 4 years. </p>
<p>You need to find out how much your family will pay so that you know what your situation is…how much you’d need in merit scholarships or how much you might qualify for need-based aid (if the school meets need). </p>
<p>However, if you have high stats then there are some schools that will give you scholarships for all 4 years. </p>
<p>California, because my father works for a government-funded laboratory based in California.</p>
<p>Is it true that when a person works for a gov’t funded lab based in Calif that they get instate tuition? That seems odd.</p>