<p>My family runs low on money (only 15k-20k at the most) but im an excellent student? How many reach, match, safety? And I don't mean "if I can get in", I just want to know financial-wise how many I should apply to because my mom said she is willing to let me apply to 15 schools. So just wondering. Any input?</p>
<p>Try your state’s flagship school(s).</p>
<p>Lots of schools have free online applications- look for the threads for kiss of them elsewhere on this site. </p>
<p>Also, don’t rule out expensive private colleges. Lots of them give out fantastic FA, oftentimes, greater than the aid you would receive at an in state public school. </p>
<p>I’ve heard USC gives out great aid. Also look for outside scholarships.</p>
<p>If you can, I would apply to around 6-7. (2 Safeties, 2-3 match, 2 reach). Fifteen different schools seems excessive (and expensive)… Just make sure you would be happy going to any of the schools you apply. If anything though, I think you should have more match schools than reaches, and get a safety just in case there’s a wild turn of events and you get rejected from your matches.</p>
<p>Also, what hoopster says –</p>
<p>A lot of colleges waive an application fee if applied online or if they send you a VIP application.</p>
<p>[College</a> Navigator - National Center for Education Statistics](<a href=“http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/]College”>College Navigator - National Center for Education Statistics) go check out the school you want to go to and check the net price. They break it up by income brackets.</p>
<p>Whoops. Auto-correct fail. Said “kiss,” meant “lists.” Haha…</p>