Don’t forget you could go to Bama for less than UTK with your stats and they have some great programs related to your interest - like Blount Scholars - as a financial safety. Yes it’s in the south but well over half the students come from elsewhere including 1500+ from Illinois, 1500+ ftom NY/Nj combined, 1k from Texas and Alabama each. It might be a better fallback.
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It’s great that you have the option of having free community college for two years. That’s an excellent option to have if you have one within commuting distance of your family’s home. Once you’ve completed those two years, what then? In case you are not aware, most colleges offer less merit aid to transfers, and some schools that meet-full-need for first year students don’t do the same for transfers. Additionally, it can often be more challenging for students to find their social group and build their network when they transfer to a school with a largely stable student population, because those students have already had two years to building relationships together. People tend to be much more open to forming friendships when everyone is knew than when they already have an established social network.
I say this, not because community colleges don’t serve a very worthwhile purpose, but going to community college for two years and then a residential college for two years is a very different experience than attending a 4-year residential college. If May 1 comes around and you are committing to community college because it’s your only affordable option, how will you feel? If you won’t be happy and looking forward to the experience then I seriously urge you to consider adding some additional schools to your list (or letting us know which ones are on your list that you haven’t mentioned) where your odds of getting in and having everything cost $15k or less are higher.
@Mjkacmom’s post #18 and my post #30 have been the two most popular in this thread, as shown by others’ reactions. Both of them are dealing with scholarships and the steps you need to be taking to make sure you have financially feasible options. People on this board are emphasizing these points because we’ve seen really amazing students who strike out at their top schools or they didn’t come in affordable, and then have to use their “safety” option and they are far from thrilled at the idea. We don’t want that to be you.
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One of the more interesting aspects of Sewanee’s literature programs is the available minor in Shakespeare studies, which is mentioned in this article:
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