Help! Parents want me to add a private school to my college list..

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<p>Wow guys thanks for your feedback! :slight_smile: </p>

<p>I will definitely look into the schools you mentioned. Let me just elaborate a little:</p>

<p>We have a VERY high EFC of about $40k. So we aren’t expecting much (if any) need-based aid. My parents are going to pay $15-20k a year, and I will have to get the rest in scholarships and loans. </p>

<p>I would prefer a school with a lot of attendance to football games (I’ve been to a couple fb games at Notre Dame and I love that sort of feeling). Basketball isn’t as big of a deal for me. </p>

<p>I know my stats aren’t good enough for a lot of the more competitive privates, and to be honest I have little interest in going to an extremely competitive college. I like a challenge, but I don’t think my level of motivation is up there with those kids. :)</p>

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<p>Dayton does not have FBS football. They’re non-scholarship FCS (i.e., a couple notches down from regular FCS), in the same league as Drake and Butler. (Pioneer Football League.) And yes, their basketball is awesome - always competitive in the A-10.</p>

<p>Pick a place you’d be satisfied with, but to be honest I think your parents are going to get sticker shock and accede to your wishes. Unless you have great stats for merit, a private school is almost certainly going to cost your parents more than the $15-20,000 range.</p>

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<p>Ooops. I plead typo. I knew that.</p>

<p>And Exadmitcounselor, U Miami is in FL, Miami U is in OH. And before we get into the whole why would that school in OH create all those problems with that name, Miami U was founded in 1809, U Miami in 1925 (just a general comment).</p>

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<p>Not sure if it was mentioned, but there’s a list on the Internet of schools known to give good FA, as in “100% need met schools”</p>

<p>Google.</p>

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<p>I don’t know what the problem is if you have UIUC, you have instate! Also its a great school. It’ll be around 23k, which you will not get at a private school unless your FAFSA proves otherwise. I know that Drake gives great scholarships but its in Iowa… (I’m from Minnesota and I’m terrified of Iowa).
Marquette is in Milwaukee which is ehh… ghetto.
Try Loyola (nice campus and good school!)</p>

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<p>Btw if you want basketball games, UIUC is your choice. Otherwise you can try getting a scholarship at U of Minnesota. Out of state is 28k and you can probably knock some of that off.</p>

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<p>I visited UIUC 2 weeks ago and for a business major, it’s roughly $30k a year instate. It’s a little ridiculous, considering what other schools in other states cost for instate. I think that’s why my parents are kind of against me going there. </p>

<p>And for Loyola, I’m not really interested in any Chicago schools. I like visiting Chicago, but I wouldn’t want to live there. :slight_smile: I’ll look into Drake because I know a few other people mentioned it! And I’ll take a look at Minnesota.</p>

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So they’d rather send you to a private or OOS public that will cost even more?</p>

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<p>gumdrops,</p>

<p>Check out UNI. The business program is decent, and OOS tuition and fees aren’t that bad. [2011-2012</a> Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Tuition and Fees](<a href=“http://www.uni.edu/tuition/2011-2012-undergraduate-tuition-fees]2011-2012”>2011-2012 Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Tuition and Fees) It may work out to be less expensive for you than UIUC. I have no idea what the football team is like, but I know an Illinois girl who chose UNI so that she could be in the marching band.</p>

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<p>*Not sure if it was mentioned, but there’s a list on the Internet of schools known to give good FA, as in “100% need met schools”
*</p>

<p>Those aren’t going to help a student with a very high EFC, when parents will only pay a limited amount.</p>

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<p>Case Western? Not sure about the basketball there though.</p>

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<p>^^^ Yes, I agree with the UNI suggestion.</p>

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<p>It crosses my mind that Mount Union might meet quite a bit of what you and your parents are looking for. It’s a smallish private school in a small city (Alliance, Ohio) that is close to Cleveland and Akron. They have nurturing, caring faculty and good academics. They have an amazing football scene - tailgating and school spirit to challenge any large school. They are very often in the DIII national championship for football. You would receive some nice merit aid there with an ACT of 30; I believe this is in range for their Presidential Scholarship.</p>

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<p>OP only wants to be 6-7 hours away from home.</p>

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<p>Applying to the less selective publics in the midwest might get you some merit money. There are big schools with good sports outside of the Big Ten. Illinois State, Southern Illinois, Iowa State, Ohio University?</p>

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<p>OP wants big-time football, which rules out Case Western, Illinois State and SIU.</p>

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<p>OP referred to a lively social scene where students love going to football/basketball games – you don’t necessarily have to be “big-time” football to have that.</p>

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<p>If the OP lives near Chicago, Case (in Cleveland) is 6 hours away, Mount Union (in Alliance) is 6 1/2 hours away, and Ohio University (in Athens) is 7 hours 15 minutes away. </p>

<p>I don’t think Case is a good fit for someone looking for sports spirit.</p>

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<p>[Undergraduate</a> Scholarship Office | Scholarships for Nonresidents | West Virginia University](<a href=“Scholarships | Financial Aid | West Virginia University”>Scholarships | Financial Aid | West Virginia University)</p>

<p>How about West Virginia University with merit aid which is public and over 6-7 hours from Illinois? (but I have a poor sense of geography). Reasonably priced and lots of football games and basketball games to attend, Division I, on national television.</p>

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<p>I second the WVU suggestion. Seriously, who doesn’t love Morgantown?? The Honors program is great, and you would qualify for a minimum $7,000 per year scholarship, subracted from an already reasonable out of state tuition of about 17,000-18,000.</p>