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<p>The very fact that your parents CAN pay should tell you that you’re not eligible for a lot of aid, if any, at all. I agree with the above poster, your parents are stopping you from attending, not the fact that public schools aren’t nationally subsidized for all students or the fact that families with $200k per annum income receive little to no aid. If colleges gave large financial packages to every applicant with families earning $200k+ there would be nothing left for the students who REALLY need the money - students with sub $60k incomes.</p>
<p>Here are your best options:
- Like posters above have said, apply to and attend New College of Florida.
- Go to UF
- If you haven’t declined offers from Amherst and Williams (however, I’m assuming you have since it’s past May 1st), then talk to your parents and see if you can reach a compromise? eg: double major in a science (to keep them happy) and Philosophy… and maybe minor in Japanese Studies. The fact that both of these schools are LACs would mean that many of the courses you take will not be in your major’s department anyways, so while you’d be majoring in a science, it’s not like you will concentrate solely on its department’s courses like you would at other schools. If I were you, this is what I would’ve tried to do (admittedly I enjoy the sciences though), so your education would be paid for, and you’d also be majoring in one of the subjects you wanted to. I realize though, that since it’s past May 1st, you may not have this option anymore?</p>