Financial Aid Crisis!!

Applying to College
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<p>I really need financial aid for school..
My parents are divorced and I don't really have a relationship with my dad..
My mom makes like 50k a year and my dad like 100, but they have saved nothing for me for college..
I really want to go to a good school, but if I don't get financial aid, my options will be severely limited.
My stats are as follows:
SAT-2180 (760m,670cr,750w 8 essay)
ACT-32 (34m,34e,32cr,27sc 11essay)
Class Rank: 31/617 (and improving)
95.1 average unweighted 99.2 average weighted
12 advanced math and science classes in high school including 5 senior year
Texas Resident
NM commended
one B in high school
5 on 3 AP tests (psy,ushist,elang) 4 on 1 AP test (whist)
Taking 8 ap classes senior year (calBC,stat,physc,physb,chem,elit,gov,macroec)
Worked 20 hours a week at grocery store entire junior year
Worked about 50 hours or so at miscellaneous moving work
volunteered on 2 different occasions for a total of 22 hours (helping at the children's home and renovating the school's tree planters and planting new bushes.)
jv basketball
reached regional level in uil academic competition (current issues)
2 years National Honor Society
3 years Young Republicans</p>

<p>So do you think I can get financial aid?
If so, then about how much can I expect?
If not, then does anyone have an alternative?</p>

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<p>The key to need-based FA will be keeping your father’s income out of the calculation. That means applying to FAFSA-only schools or to CSS PROFILE schools that do NOT consider non-custodial parent income. The first are easy to find; the latter may take more digging. </p>

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<p>U of Alabama</p>

<p>Presidential Scholar
An out-of-state first-time freshman student who meets the December 1st scholarship priority deadline, has a 32-36 ACT or 1400-1600 SAT score and at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA will be selected as a Presidential Scholar and will receive the value of out-of-state tuition for four years.</p>

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<p>You should take your questions to the Financial Aid Forum. The people there will have good ideas for you. Start by hunting down the threads on Guaranteed Merit-based Aid. You are in the range for many of those scholarships.</p>