<p>From what i can gather from the college board and my school - I will be offered 4 fee waivers For college applications, and the college board is offering 4 free score reports to schools of my choice having registered for the test with a fee waiver (not sure about the ACT).</p>
<p>I seem to have given off the wrong impression. I don’t mean to post to ask about money. I meant to ask about my college list being too long and how to narrow it, while still looking at realistic schools for the sake of actually attending a college once I graduate (I’m haunted by the thought of being rejected from 17 or so schools to find I need to “take a year off” or something to try for college again).</p>
<p>The reason I mentioned an in state/out of state status on my list is because of admissions, not financial aid. I’m worried about getting in more so than paying (though this may be somewhat unintelligent).</p>
<p>[@ mom2collegekids The NMSF has been alternating between 214 and 215 for the last 4 or 5 years now. If the pattern continues I may be out of luck :o.
Also, I should take NYU off? Is that only because of financial reasons or is there more to it? I mean thinking on it, if I get into another school thats more affordable and NYU accepts me only on the condition I pay full tuition, I’d probably turn NYU down.]</p>
<p>I have no intention of touring/visiting schools. I’m not very concerned about the “feel” of a university, what their dorms may be like, how their food is, etc. I only really care about the education/facilities - namely in physics where I hope to concentrate.</p>
<p>[@Kajon I’ve had a terrible time figuring out what to constitute as match, reach, and safety. So I should make sure my stats fall into the top 25% of a school before calling it a match? Thanks. That will very much help. I’ve only been going by vague intuition when categorizing, but an objective classifying tool should be very helpful]</p>
<p>I have not seen what my EFC is, I’ve tried to calculate it before but to no avail because my dad (who handles most of the finances, knows how much money really comes in, goes out, and gets saved) is usually very busy at work or too exhausted after work to be bothered. I’ll ask him when he has a free day. Though I’m not sure how much the number value will help me. Getting an idea will be fun I guess, but it’s too late to start saving franticly for college or much of anything so knowing in advance doesn’t have too much of a tangible benefit from what I can tell, but I’ll definitely look into it again.</p>
<p>My parents are very, very supportive of me getting a good education. They’d sell the car if it meant being able to pay off more and such. Essentially what I mean to say is that they won’t limit my choices to the cheapest options and are 100% willing to put what they can (financially) into my education, though I’ve know for some time that “what they can” won’t be very much.</p>
<p>But I really didn’t mean this to be a question for advice on finances. I mainly just hoped for help in compiling a list of colleges to apply to solely on the view of academics and ability to be accepted. But maybe I shouldn’t be only looking at those things, so who knows?</p>
<p>[@bluedog Wow, yeah when copying my list over I made a few mistakes. NC state is indeed in state for me. Rutgers was meant to be listed as a match, as well as Wake forest, but these categorizations were just on a basis of intuition, nothing at all concrete. I did indeed list the in state status of Duke and Wake for the sake of admissions, not tuition. While tuition is an aspect I’m considering, it is not the focus if my concerns at this time. And you also think I should drop like Rutgers, Penn State, and NYU? If people think so I guess I should. I only included them because I felt my list was far too reach-heavy.]</p>