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<p>What are his restrictions on your college plans? Are they based on:</p>
<p>cost?
distance from home?
something else?</p>
<p>Or is he unwilling to tell you other then vetoing colleges you mention?</p>
<p>Your options, if you do not have his agreement, are described in post #4.</p>
<p>Michigan and UNC do not have SCEA. You can apply EA to both, as well as to other EA schools, plus to one ED school. HYPS are SCEA, as well as BC. I cannot think of many others that are.</p>
<p>he’ s willing to pay probably 20g if I go to say John’s Hopkins</p>
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<p>At least some of them allow other EA applications to any public school, any non-US school, any rolling admission school, or any school where early application is necessary for scholarship consideration. It does appear that they really want to mainly exclude other super-selective schools that they consider to be strong cross-admit competition. Check the exceptions carefully.</p>
<p>It costs 60k. So is he cosigning your loans?</p>
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<p>If he is as wealthy as you say (i.e. no need-based financial aid), that leaves $40,000 per year, of which you can only borrow a small portion without a co-signer. Effectively, this is not an option.</p>
<p>“At least some of them allow other EA applications to any public school”</p>
<p>Both UNC and Michigan are OOS and as far as I know SCEA rules forbid OOS state school EA applications.</p>
<p>I suppose so. I haven’t really discussed how much of a percentage he is making me pay or is paying himself</p>
<p>It’s time to calmly sit down with your parents and think through a preliminary list of schools together. Are you planning on visiting colleges with them this spring?
To prepare, do some research about the programs available at the colleges that interest you-biomedical engineering is a very specific major, and not available everywhere, and the same is true of undergraduate business programs.</p>
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<p>The more restrictive ones may, but Stanford allows EA to any public school when applying REA (SCEA) to Stanford:</p>
<p>[Restrictive</a> Early Action : Stanford University](<a href=“Page Not Found : Stanford University”>Page Not Found : Stanford University)</p>
<p>What Alexandre said: I understand Stanford is your dream school, but I guarantee you that you will be happy at many other schools–ones that your parents will pay for. Sounds like you come from a family of very strong willed, opinionated people (and the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree). Stay flexible. You do have many great options, and fighting this battle simply isn’t going to be worth it.</p>
<p>@siliconvalleymom obviously, but they probably won’t even bother to go anywhere for a college visit…I had to beg them to go with my friend to MIT in June</p>
<p>@qialah you’re right on. I just got to fall in love with a new college I guess</p>
<p>Until you find out from your parents what their restrictions on your college are, you will not know what your options could be.</p>
<p>If their restrictions are completely unrealistic (i.e. no colleges will fit them, like “JHU for $20,000 with no financial aid”), then see post #4 for your options.</p>
<p>People in the past have reported that Rutgers sometimes gives full ride merit scholarships to NJ residents. If you score 1400+ on your SAT CR+M or 32+ on the ACT, you may have a decent number of automatic full ride options.</p>
<p>yeah my friend just got one to their pharm</p>
<p>You are being abused. You have been dealt a lousy hand. It is a fact of life, a fact of your life. You have to be strong. You don’t have the options of your peers. Face it, deal with it. You are strong enough to make it anyway. You will overcome. Some people are born crippled, some people are born blind. You don’t have those handicaps, but you have an all too common handicap - parental abuse. I’m sorry. You are a winner though. </p>
<p>Stanford is not an option. The Ivy’s are not an option. You need financial independence and you have done well enough and are smart enough to earn it. </p>
<p>Continue to excel. </p>
<p>Save your money. Buy a Visa check card so that you control the application process. Hide it. You’ll need it to send out applications without your parents knowing. </p>
<p>Apply to the University of Pittsburgh, where you are likely to get a full ride based on merit. Apply to other schools like University of Alabama, University of Kentucky, University of Texas at Dallas. These are schools that offer full tuition scholarships. You need to borrow the money for room and board, and also work part-time and summers, but you can do it. </p>
<p>You need financial independence a whole lot more than you need Stanford. If you work hard enough, you will be as successful as you would have been at Stanford. Good luck. We’re here for you.</p>
<p>Dude sit down with your parents and find out realistic ground rules about money and location.</p>
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<p>No. Do NOT fall in love with just one college. Make a clear-eyed list of colleges that have full ride scholarships or close. Determine the target dates and requirements for applying for those scholarships. Cast your net pretty widely to give yourself options. Start saving now to cover your application fees, as your parents may not want to help with those.</p>
<p>You have very strong statistics and ECs, and might be able to get some good scholarships. Study for the SAT and see if you can raise it even further.</p>
<p>It’s a little late in the game for you all to be advising him to get scholarships, though. Most of the deadlines for scholarship consideration passed awhile ago. </p>
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<p>OP is a junior in high school, so there is plenty of time to search and plan.</p>
<p>There are some automatic full rides here:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships-12.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships-12.html</a></p>