<p>How much can your family afford to pay?</p>
<p>Sit down with your parents and sort this out. That way you will know how deeply you will have to dig in order to come up with a financial safety or two. With your stats, you would qualify for generous guaranteed merit scholarships at a number of places. Read through this, and see if anything looks good to you: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/848226-important-links-automatic-guaranteed-merit-scholarships.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/848226-important-links-automatic-guaranteed-merit-scholarships.html</a> There are several more threads on related topics in the Financial Aid Forum.</p>