<p>Major: Computer Science
I got accepted in these following schools:
Fordham University-(Unsure about packaged yet)- love the campus @ rosehill ofc but unsure about it overall
St Johns- 92000 over the course of 4 years (not including fasfa package) I would pay around 19k per year
Drexel Univ - 16.5k per year not incl fasfa
Alma College - close to full tuition but in Mich
Cuny Baruch
Cuny CCNY
Cuny Hunter
Cuny CSI
Cuny Queens
Cuny Lehman
NYIT- 24k per year scholarship not incl fasfa
Suny potsdam - not sure due to honors but 7k+ per year
Trinity Univ - 40k four years not incl fasfa
Manhattan college -7.5k per year not incl fasfa</p>
<p>Waitlisted:
Stonybrook</p>
<p>Of course my factors is happiness, cost, location, and major oriented expertise also (experience)
I plan to transfer in one semester... kinda naive and stupid but im looking to go to schools that are oriented to my specialty. I am retaking sats/satii/act
Help with choosing my college... maybe ill stay... itdepends</p>
<p>I live with my mom only… no child support and she makes around 40kper year before taxes… :S</p>
<p>Did you apply to CMU and get denied? </p>
<p>Please list clearly (tuition+R&B) - (scholarships/grants) = ?
for each college.
DO NOT include any loans.
Since your mother is alone and make 40K year, she’s probably expected to contribute 3-7k toward your education max.
How would you pay for the rest if you don’t have enough in your financial aid package (your mother is unlikely to be approved for large PLUS loans)?
It’s not possible to transfer after a semester and transfers get less financial aid than freshmen, so right now you have to pick a college as if you were to spend 4 years there.
Since you got close to full tuition at Alma, investigate
1° breadth and depth of the CS major (number of classes offered every semester, number of professors)
2° percentage of CS majors who get summer internships (email the head of the dept, start with polite greetings and identify yourself as an admitted student wondering about the CS majors’ placement and internship rates.)</p>
<p>@Goingnutsmom yea and @MYOS1634 sure thanks let me find em</p>
<p>Getting denied from CMU does not bode well for transfer possibilities. Plus, transfers get little to no financial aid usually. Check CMU’s policy on this. My vote is to go to the best program you got accepted to and incur as little
debt as you can. Good luck! </p>
<p>It’s difficult to figure out exactly how much you will pay per year at each of these schools. For example, at Drexel, is the $16,500 how much you are expected to pay? What do you mean “not including FAFSA?” FAFSA is the application for federal student aid; it’s not a funding package. Do you mean without federal student loans? Are you eligible for any Pell grants? With a family of two on $40,000 you may be eligible for small amount, but not enough to offset the cost of $16,500 per year. Can your mom afford to pay $16.5-19K per year (or probably around ~$9-13K less federal loans and perhaps a little Pell)?</p>
<p>The CUNY colleges are very affordable for in-state residents. City, Queens, Hunger, and Lehman are particularly good campuses, and City is known as the sort of STEM-focused one with a truly beautiful campus. If you will commute from home, that’s a terrific bargain in my opinion.</p>
<p>Manhattan College seems like it may be close to affordable for your mom (although it’s difficult to tell). Still, I’m not sure I would pay more to go there over CCNY, Queens, or Hunter.</p>