<p>My dad told me the money he and my mom makes combined is about $90,000 per year, and they still have to pay taxes and we aren’t rich, my mom says we’re kinda poor and they don’t ever seem to have leftover money. For example, it was a nightmare when they had to pay $400 for my brother to join marching band.</p>
<p>I live in Ohio and I have a 27 ACT and my weighted GPA is 3.6336, I don’t know my unweighted because my report card doesn’t say that, but it should be around 3.3. I got a C in AP Chemistry, but I don’t plan on majoring in any science at all. I always get A’s in Spanish because that’s what I want to teach. Next year I will be taking AP Spanish and AP Psychology. I have a study hall all year round (classes in our school are about 72 minutes, so I get over an hour to do homework, study, etc, but IDK if I can use that time to do anything related to financial aid.)</p>
<p>I want to go to Grand Valley (about $12,000 per year) because it fits me perfectly both academically and athletically, and I love how they have a good education program, and in the later years (years 2-5) I could maybe get money for being an athlete. But I’m too attracted to this school so it’s natural for me to defend it.</p>
<p>My parents say that they don’t know how much they will contribute, but I would estimate a good guess to be $2000. Also, I heard that colleges have teacher fairs where they will go to the college and recruit teachers on the spot. Is that something to rely on?</p>