<p>My parents won’t contribute the same amount of money that they would pay for me to go to school in my home country simply because they don’t want me to go to school here. They want to make my life as difficult as possible so I’ll cave and go home, but I’ve been living in the US nearly all my life. I’ve been planning to go to college here since middle school when I first qualified for JHU CTY. I think I’m capable of going to college without being treated like a child who is being bribed by (really expensive) candy.</p>
<p>So, FA is a big issue, so I’m trying to look at very generous and well-endowed schools. One of my favorite lists to peruse is the list of schools that are both need-blind and full-need. My state school has a really high tuition for a state school, and I doubt I could get a full ride from PSU. And I really don’t like the place anyway. Too much football.</p>
<p>I’ve been looking at Middlebury, Swarthmore, and Haverford, but I wasn’t sure I had the stats for them. Middlebury’s language programs are really appealing. Smith and Bryn Mawr are really great schools, but I think I want to stick to a coed institution.</p>