@njdadjets I had never heard of Ramapo. I just did a little research and it is actually better than NJIT according to the startclass.com comparison. I checked their entry gpa and sat and I think I can get in. I did some research on what a 1200 psat tends toward by prediction and historic results and it is a 1300 on the sat. Allowing for a gray area, I am still better than average if I can hit that 1300. I’m just a bit hesitant because I’ve never heard of Ramapo so perhaps it might be difficult finding a job that would want to scout a graduate there. Montclair on the other hand, I think is more recognized and is only 20 minutes from home compared to 30 for Ramapo. Montclair is about 4k cheaper/yr with all being equal. The determining factor will be aid so yeah I will be putting Ramapo on the list, Thank you.
@ucbalumnus will be studying khan academy sat courses for free online on my spare time, thanks for the help.