Hello. My parents are in the income bracket of 200k+. My gpa is a 4.4 and my sat is a 1370. I’m looking for private colleges that would give me financial aid or merit scholarships. My parents have a high income, but they can’t afford to pay 60k a year for my education! Any info helps. Thanks!
You won’t get FA on 200K a year. Getting merit with your SAT is going to be difficult at any desirable uni. Find schools where your stats are going to get you admission, in state for cali isn’t 60K a year even at full pay.
@Sybylla I live in Cali, so I’m planning on applying to many UC and CSU schools. I was just trying to see if there were any private California colleges that I could go to for cheaper. I guess I will stick to the state schools lol
You can try to run the Net price calculators for some private schools to get a cost estimate. My son received merit aid at Univ of Pacific and Univ of La Verne, but the costs were still higher than being full pay at a UC or CSU.
Try Univ of San Diego, Occidental, Loyola Marymount, USC for example and see what you may get.
I’d add Santa Clara Univ. to that list that @Gumbymom gave you. Good luck!
privates can be unpredictable when it comes to merit awards - often times it is based on your story or background - which doesn’t come through in stats. You’ve got a good list of CA privates that aren’t super religious above. I’d challenge you though, if your parents aren’t loaded, why limit your aps to private? What are you looking for that you don’t think you can get at a public college?
If you go to a CSU, you’ll be looking under $20k for tuition/room/board/books. Unless you are looking for a religous school, there are smaller, residential campuses that can come close to the private school feel at 1/3 the cost.
Apply to the schools above and see what kind of package they come up with. My guess is, a couple will bring the cost in line with a UC - which still isn’t cheap.
I’d also take a look at CP SLO, Sonoma, Chico - they are each very residential and provide a smaller ‘4 year college experience’. Also investigate the honors programs at many CSUs, - they offer smaller class sizes in GE courses, more interactive teaching, a gpa floor so, the PARTY! people won’t be sitting next to you - and perhaps most importantly, priority registration,