Help on possible college

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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I'm a junior and un-weighted I have a 87 or 3.2 right now, but I am coming from the prestigious high school of Bronx Science. </p>

<p>If I scored an SAT of say 2050 or higher, took AP US History Junior year, applied and got into a number of APs for senior year (like AP Bio, AP Macro, and perhaps AP Psychology) and had a decent record of volunteering at my local nursing home, hospital, and mosque, what would my options be?</p>

<p>Would I be able to apply for NYU or Boston U., or Fordham and get in and furthermore have good financial aid? My father is a simple taxi driver and makes a meager amount, just near 30,000 (I think on the tax record he puts much less). Are there interest-free loans out there for me?</p>

<p>My dream school would be NYU but any new suggestions would be appreciated.</p>

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<p>Forget NYU if you’re looking for financial aid. They are notorious for being lousy there. With an income of $30K you might be eligible for a Pell Grant (Max of $5550) and you will be eligible to borrow $5500 (not interest free BTW). You should look at colleges that meet need: [Need-blind</a> admission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need-blind_admission]Need-blind”>Need-blind admission - Wikipedia)</p>

<p>Also look at these threads for some merit options:
<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;
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>There are always the CUNYs which are affordable good schools.</p>

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<p>Like Erin’s Dad says, stay away from NYU. Assuming you’re accepted at schools, you should qualify for significant financial aid. Goto ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ and look up the colleges you’re interested in and then select similar colleges to start getting some ideas about other colleges to consider.</p>