<p>If Jesuit-run Holy Cross is too religious, then all the Jesuit-run colleges would be too religious: Georgetown, Boston College, Fordham, Loyola, etc.</p>
<p>How does a present 3.0 go up to a 3.6 by the time September rolls around?</p>
<p>Have the financial discussion with your parents.
Calculate your EFC on the College Board website with their 2012 tax returns.
There is no sense in falling in love with a 55k/year school that won’t meet your need and your family cannot afford.</p>
<p>You could also run the Net Price Calculators on school’s websites that are match schools.</p>
<p>Slumom, I read the OP as the GPA was north of a 3.0, something like a 3.6.</p>
<p>“My GPA is around a high 3.0. I estimate possibly around a 3.6.”
Was not clear to me the way OP stated this. :)</p>
<p>I said that is was a high 3.0 as in around 3.6. How is that unclear?</p>
<p>OP, a high 3.0 could mean a 3.08.</p>
<p>A high 3.0 implies in the range of 3.0 to 3.99. A 3.50000000000001+ would be considered high. At least in my mind.</p>
<p>I think you have a good chance at NYU. The average GPA for NYU I be;ieve is 3.6</p>
<p>Sorry for the confusion, that’s what I meant. I am very interested in NYU because I want to live in NYC.</p>
<p>The big question will be if your family is willing to pay $60K/year for you to do that.</p>
<p>No, but they’re not going to pay 40,000 or 25,000 either. I’m going to get student loans regardless, so I figure that I should at least get a quality education and have a good time. That’s what I’m paying for.</p>
<p>You can’t get loans in that amount without your parents cosigning. Students are limited to $5.5K as freshmen.</p>
<p>Thank you for that information.</p>
<p>Read post 22 again, figure out your EFC with your parents.</p>
<p>Know what you will be expected to pay. Most schools do not meet 100% of need. So expect to be gapped, meaning the EFC plus the financial aid package will not equal the cost of attendance. The schools that do meet 100% of need are very difficult to get into.</p>
<p>I do use net calculators and I have already talked to my parents about paying for college. I understand that if I can’t pay I can’t go. I am not using this thread for which colleges I can afford to go to, but which colleges would be a good match for me. When I look into colleges that are suggested I do take that into account. I am not going to choose a college I am never going to get to go to. I simply wanted suggestions on colleges.</p>
<p>Many of the posters on here are parents (myself included) who are concerned about providing affordable fits. It does no good to be accepted into a college you can’t afford. If you have an affordable safety you would be happy attending then apply to wherever you wish. We don’t want a poster to end up like this: [Highly</a> educated, deeply in debt](<a href=“http://www.philly.com/philly/news/special_packages/inquirer/HighlyEducatedDeeplyInDebt.html]Highly”>Highly educated, deeply in debt)</p>
<p>I understand that. I am trying to stress that I am going to take that into account when I am personally researching these colleges.</p>
<p>Many parents are finding out on this forum that the Net Price Calculators misled them…they are not accurate… That is why I suggested you try the EFC Calculator on the College Board website. I have used it since 2002 and it has served me well with my four children.</p>
<p>Buy the newest edition of “Paying For College Without Going Broke” Princeton Review by Kalman Chany.
Have one of your parents read it and go through the worksheets in back of the book.
It is a very informative publication. Be an educated consumer, something the colleges do not want you to be.</p>
<p>First look at some of your excellent in-state colleges - William and Mary, JMU, Mary Washington. There are schools that don’t look at the SAT here: [SAT/ACT</a> Optional 4-Year Universities | FairTest](<a href=“http://www.fairtest.org/university/optional]SAT/ACT”>ACT/SAT Optional List - Fairtest)</p>