You sound like you’re a terrific candidate for AU. My son applied early decision, as it was the only place for him. Sadly we did not receive financial aid this past year or for the upcoming school year. Plus we have two other children in college, and we are still trying to get ourselves together financially from his stepdad’s 3 1/2 layoff. And, to top things off, we just lost our home two weeks ago.
We are very disappointed that AU didn’t see our need for assistance.
Best of luck to you.