<p>M’s mom is right.</p>
<p>1) Talk to your parents about how much they’ll pay. That will likely determine where you should apply.</p>
<p>2) $5k - 10k is not much…Your instate schools of PSU and UPitt are costing $25k-30k per year…and PSU doesn’t give much aid…and UPitt tends to give merit to OOS students with high stats. </p>
<p>3) you need to improve your GPA…as much as you can. Very important.</p>
<p>4) you need to improve your test scores…practice! Also take the ACT. </p>
<p>Take off all those OOS publics. The OOS publics that might work for you are IF you increase your stats and are able to get a good merit scholarship.</p>