Chances of Getting a scholarship+financial aid?

Paying for College
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<p>I am currently a junior in high school and was wondering about my chances of receiving a scholarship in addition to financial aid. My family makes around $85k a year and I also have a brother enrolled in college. By the time I'm out of high school my family won't have much money left to send me to college without close to a full ride. (I go to a catholic private high school and receive financial aid there too.) I'm afraid that even financial aid might not be enough to cover expenses considering my brother will also still be in college.</p>

<p>If anyone has any information on some scholarships I might be able to receive, please help. I am a good writer, so scholarships requiring essays are a good option. I'll post my info just in case. </p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.33
I took 1 AP and 1 Honors course sophomore year, am currently taking 2 AP courses and plan to take 3 APs and 1 Honors for my senior year.
ECs: (by the time I'm a senior)
Member of baseball team (4 years)- Team captain freshman year/MVP freshman year
Member of football team (2 years)
Peer math tutor (3 years)
Staff writer of school newspaper (2 years)
National Honors Society (2 years)
Baseball Camp counselor (2 years)
I was awarded the Gold Medal at my school for having the highest GPA in the freshman class in 9th grade plus various subject awards
I will have interned at most likely a hospital by the time I graduate.
150+ volunteer hours for various service organizations
I haven't taken the ACT or SAT yet but based on my Plan Test score its estimated that I'll get a 32 or 33 (obviously that can fluctuate)</p>

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<p>where does your brother go to college? How are those costs being paid?</p>

<p>What is your brother’s FAFSA EFC?</p>

<p>Once you have test scores, we will be able to give better advice.</p>

<p>A merit-giving school would award merit first (if deserved), and then if they determine that you still have some need, they may give you some need-based aid.</p>

<p>A school isn’t going to give you need-based aid to cover your need, and then give you merit to cover what your family is supposed to pay.</p>

<p>Ask your parents how much they can pay each year. </p>

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<p>To be competitive for merit awards, concentrate on schools where your stats are solidly in the school’s top quartile.</p>

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<p>Financial aid would rarely “cover” college expenses for anyone. It would only help at most. Merit scholarship in some cases does “cover” the cost though. Figuring out your EFC is important, but more relevant is checking the NPC of each school you are going to apply.</p>

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<p>It sounds like you are saying that all family funds go to brother first, and in the unlikely event there is money left, you can go too? That’s a raw deal if the college money was not split with your half waiting to help you, and he having to scramble for a merit ride to go too.</p>

<p>Read the threads pinned at the top of the forum. In one is a link to colleges that give full tuition/full ride for stats.</p>