<p>It doesn’t sound like you’ll qualify for financial aid. </p>
<p>I don’t think you understand how FA works. You have to qualify for aid. It doesn’t matter if you don’t want to burden your parents. If your parents have a high income and/or assets, then even schools that give int’ls aid aren’t going to give you aid.</p>
<p>If you want to keep costs around $30k, then either look for schools that are within that budget (like maybe some CSUs or SUNYs) or look for schools that will give you merit scholarships to bring costs down to $30k per year.</p>
<p>NYU is going to expect you to pay all costs. It doesn’t give aid to int’ls. I don’t think USC does either. </p>
<p>What are your stats? If they’re high enough, then you could get merit scholarships at some of the schools that give them to int’ls students.</p>