<p>@lookingforward I really appreciate your suggestion to attend a CC first, but the classes at my local cc are definitely not the best. I’ve taken some classes there and honestly I don’t feel like I’m learning to gain knowledge, just to memorize facts and pass exams. I want knowledge I can actually apply to real life, but you make a very good point of getting more control of the UC I attend, and I will definitely give it some more consideration. Thank you.</p>
<p>I AM APPLYING TO ALL THE UCs + 10 OTHER SCHOOOLSSSS. SO IM APPLYING TO 19 SCHOOLS!
But I started writing my essays like last month. You need to really devote everything you have and just spit it out on the essays! Some of my essays, I took half a day to write. For other essays, I took a week. You can apply to 100 schools but YOU NEEDA WRITE GOOD ESSAYS AND TO WRITE GOOD ESSAYS YOU NEED DA TIME</p>
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<p>While there are a limited number of places that guarantee to meet full need (as they define need) for all students who are admitted, there are many more that do meet full need for some students. Heck, when Happykid and her pal transferred from our local CC to their in-state public U, that rarely-mentioned-on-CC public U actually did meet full need for both of them. You need to poke around and find a few more places that are likely to meet YOUR need even if they don’t meet EVERYONE’S need.</p>
<p>Take a good long look at the threads on Guaranteed Merit Aid and Competitive Merit Aid at the top of the Financial Aid Forum. Some admit and award that guaranteed aid strictly by the numbers. If your grades have been completely recovered, and you have a good SAT score, you might know within a matter of days that you have been admitted and have enough money to attend.</p>
<p>Are you still in a foster situation, or have you returned to your family? In either case, do you have somewhere to live if you go to a local CC, or to spend your summers if you attend a residential college? Those are things that you might need to take into account in your college search.</p>
<p>If you were in a court-ordered guardianship when you were in foster care, you will be an independent student for financial aid purposes. Be sure to take that into account when you run the financial aid calculators at the college websites.</p>