<p>thanks! and i hope your son does well at tufts (:</p>
<p>i like the big city feel of the places i’ve been to (MIT, Yale which is thank goodness 25 min away). i visited mount holyoke and RPI and they were good schools, but the surrounding area was too quiet. even the students said they took the bus to go FAR away to have fun. that was a turn off.
i love the boston area! and i’m biased because i’m a sox fan
my mom doesnt really like NY because its too city and she says its really easy to get lost in…
i’ll have my mom do that, and try to convince her to do the collegeboard EFC/IM calculators.</p>
<p>as for stats, straight As since freshman year (my goal is all four years of HS), moved up class rank from 13 to 11 to 9 and now 6 (: GPA- 4.05 UW out of 4.3, a few ECs (that’s what troubles me the most about applying =/) i don’t have the opportunity to do many things because of family things, but i try.</p>
<p>the only thing holding me back from these great places is the money. which is horrible. by best bet at good FA is attending an ivy/top tier school like MIT where everything would be virtually free, but there’s a lot of competition (still hope ( </p>
<p>thanks for your insight! i’ll check out u roch and reorganize my list of schools</p>
<p>Hate to further confuse you, but check out Stevens Tech. It’s a tiny school on the hudson river that almost no students have ever heard of, but employers in NYC know it by name. Has an awesome co op program that sets you up for high salaries with some of the best companies.</p>
<p>Also, Cooper Union only guarantees housing for one year, then you have to find your own… in NYC… for three years o.o</p>
<p>Olin is awesome as well, but ridiculously difficult to get into.</p>
<p>You definitely need your mother to run those numbers to determine your EFC. (your Expected Family Contribution). </p>
<p>Your EFC could run anywhere from 1/4 to 1/3 of your mother’s AGI. (Adjusted Gross Income). Keep these things in mind: </p>
<p>1.) CSS PROFILE schools will look at home equity, which is assessed at 5.6% annually, while you are in school. All of your parents assets will be assessed at 5.6% annually. </p>
<p>2.) If you have a Non-Custodial Parent, their income will count & that parent will have to fill out an income statement. If the Non-Custodial Parent has re-married, his/her spouse’s income will also count in the financial aid formulas! </p>
<p>Please sit down with your mother & go over this financial aid business.
Time & time again we see students on CC who are disapointed in March/April of Senior Year as parent(s) say they cannot possibly afford the colleges who accepted their child.</p>
<p>Thanks! She’s trying to find her tax for from last year and she will do the EFC and IM on collegeboard.com.
I did a rough estimate and it came out to a reasonable price, hopefully that’s what we’ll get!</p>
<p>I also checked wellesley’s website and they have different scenarios and there’s one that fits us perfectly! And it also matched the one on collegeboard. </p>
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