<p>Don’t try to transfer mid year. Many/most schools wouldn’t have any FA to give anyway.</p>
<p>What is your EFC. It doesn’t matter that your parents won’t pay, your EFC will still matter.</p>
<p>What state college can you commute to from home? That may be your financial safety school. </p>
<p>You live in VA. Apply to some VA state schools…including UVA.</p>
<p>Any school that you don’t know will be affordable can NOT be a financial safety school. A financial safety school is school that you KNOW will be affordable.</p>