OMG, thank you all for such quick responses. I’m learning so much already. OK, I’ll ditch Fastweb, gladly, it felt like a huge waste of time. I don’t even know what EFC is so I’m going to be contacting the colleges in question directly. I’m going to guess - Estimated Financial Contribution? I take it that many colleges will look at what we earn and my kids grades then give us a number, hopefully, lower than full tuition?
OK, one major issue with the oldest in CC - she never took the ACT or SAT. Without going into a long story, it was a miracle she agreed to attend HS long enough to graduate (she went to 3 different schools). The thing is she’s scary smart, just really difficult emotionally. She probably missed the memo about signing up for ACT or SAT and the schools never flagged it so she never took it - ugh. She’s getting a 4.0 in CC now and just got accepted into their honors program so college obviously agrees with her. I hear that as a transfer student you don’t need the SAT/ACT scores anymore - hope that’s true.
My youngest wants to “work in a research lab using a microscope to discover new diseases” - well obviously that’s like Master’s or PhD stuff but OHSU does have a BS degree in medical lab science but that’s more about working in a hospital running tests. She’ll have to decide if she wants to start with that or go down the path of studying straight microbiology and getting more involved with universities that take part in CDC type research projects.