<p>for enough arch programs. We do not qualify for any need-based aid. I've been doing a lot of calculations, and if D doens't get any merit money, we could afford only two programs. Who knows if she'll be accepted there. By the way, we don't feel comfortable getting too much loans for us or D. I'm thinking that D needs to apply to more programs, but are there arch programs with rolling admission? thanks a lot.</p>
<p>Many parents mistakenly assume they do not qualify for need-based aid because they "make too much". Unless your family income is in excess of $250,000 there is always the possibility of qualifying for some type of aid. The only way to know is to check a financial aid calculator to get an estimate. Check finaid or collegeboard.com and use their financial aid calculator to estimate your EFC (estimated family contribution). Their estimates will give you a good indication of how much schools expect you to contribute. The Federal Methodology that state schools use does not consider home equity. </p>
<p>Penn State and U of Cincinnati have rolling admissions.</p>
<p>If I'm not mistaken, applications to Penn State's school of architecture had to be in by November. </p>
<p>Wentworth Institute of Technology has rolling admissions. However, I don't think they are very generous with aid of any kind.</p>
<p>CUNY city college has a BArch program and I think that applications are not due until March. It's an affordable option, but unless your D is looking to go to school in an urban area it is probably not the best option (We thought this would be a financial safety, but my son hated the location and didn't apply)</p>
<p>NYIT also has a BArch program and offers merit aid. THey have rolling admissions, but again, not a top school so it may not be one that your daughter likes.</p>
<p>WHere did she apply?</p>
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<p>Wait a minute. Yes, Wentworth is rolling admissions, and yes, Wentworth does offers merit aid.
Several different $$ levels based on SAT or ACT scores, plus several other scholarships.</p>
<p>** Wentworth Institute of Technolgy **
Wentworth</a> Institute of Technology - Boston, MA</p>
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WIT</a> SCHOLARSHIPS</p>
<p>msheft, sorry I was not clear. I did use the calculators on collegeboard to calculate our EFC.
jjcddg, thanks for the suggestions. You're right Penn S deadline was Nov. My D applied to Carnegie Mellon, USC, Tulene, Rice, Syracusse, Pratt, RISD. The only affordable colleges are the public ones in our state, CA.</p>
<p>4trees, thanks for the heads up.</p>
<p>If you hear from Tulane, you may find that it is affordable as well, that's where my son ended up and it's costing us only slightly more than if he attended our state university (and since our state doesn't have a Barch program he would have had to do a 4+2 resulting in an additional year of tuition, and an additional year of not working)</p>
<p>Good luck, when we were going through this last year I felt that finding financial safeties for architecture was very difficult, at least you are in a state that has programs. </p>
<p>4trees - thanks for the heads up about Wentworth. When I was posting my reply to the OP I almost said to check with you about Wentworth. Actually it's good to know because my next son is also planning on going to school for architecture. I feel like we'll be a little better prepared this time around (will not apply to OOS publics -too costly), but it's nice to find other options.</p>
<p>jjcddg, :) I was going to comment on Tulane, then thought you might chime in!</p>
<p>Mom112233, You might be pleasantly surprised by Rice - son has a hs classmate, non-arch, on a near full tuition, not board, all merit aid. Also Syracuse and USC can, for some, be good. I don't know about Pratt or RISD. CMU is hit or miss, son was offered, I think about 12K per year, but has a classmate at WIT -from CA!- who was offered nearly 30K per year at CMU, however it was still too much for her family. I seem to recall COA there was 56K last year, yikes!</p>
<p>Also, like jjcddg's son, we found WIT for us is less $$ than our in state arch program just down the road from us at Cal Poly.</p>
<p>Check out U of Kansas. Its OOS is about $30,000 and is a 5-year MArch. It may be less than some in state schools. We are in the Chicago area. U of Illinois is a 4+2 and costs $26,000 for in state. There was no way my son was going to apply to U of I. KU was a possibility but he decided not to appy to KU.</p>
<p>Tulane offered a package that would have ended up costing us less than UIUC which our daughter chose. She had good reasons at the time, but I think the Tulane program would have been better.</p>
<p>thanks all for your comments. I gave my D the names of the arch school with open enrollment. Hopefully, she'll like the programs and apply. I guess we need to wait and see if D gets a decent amount of merit aid. Again, thanks.</p>