Good at academics, but not much else - some engineering schools for me?

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<p>Sit your parents down and run their numbers through the FAFSA formula itself: <a href=“http://www.ifap.ed.gov/efcformulaguide/attachments/101310EFCFormulaGuide1112.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ifap.ed.gov/efcformulaguide/attachments/101310EFCFormulaGuide1112.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>We have a pre-tax family income of 90k, one kid, and our FAFSA EFC is 19k. However, given our other obligations, what we really can scrape together each year is more like 8k. You need to know exactly how much your family will pay. That is your actual baseline. </p>

<p>Your profile puts you in the range for some serious merit-based money. Read through this thread, and see if you find anything that you like: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/848226-important-links-automatic-guaranteed-merit-scholarships.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/848226-important-links-automatic-guaranteed-merit-scholarships.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;