Given the situation is so unusual can you get your parents to call the school, and explain why the GC needs to be available to help you? Again this is not something that happens every day. Can you email the GC for help? I am surprised given there are so many schools that have May 1 deadlines, what happens if a college is missing something and contacts a student for something the school has to provide on June 1?
Perhaps she was planning on living with her parents to lessen the cost of attending?
^ That would be my guess since the price just jumped with the new situation.
Remember that you have the option of taking a gap year, working to save money, and applying to Georgia schools in the fall.
Do your research, figure out which colleges have spots for you, then decide if you like and fit with any of them.
You will easily explain the sudden change in family situation and why you took a gap year.
Sometimes just knowing you have a backup plan takes the stress level down a bit.
What is your intended major? What is your future career goal ? Is it possible to work and/or volunteer in your area of interest ?
Don’t settle for just any spot. You can wait and apply to the better schools in the fall .
Don’t know your family situation, but if your parents can truly afford to retire at the same time their child goes off to college, then perhaps they could fund your difference. In other words, they must have known they were jamming you up when they changed their plans. It would be pretty cold of them to spring this on you after the fact of the college application process and not give you a chance to include a local (Georgia) option, especially since they were crunching their own numbers at the time. Perhaps they could budget ~$800 per month for your dorm? If not, you should follow the advice above regarding changing plans and attending an affordable Georgia school.
either contact Georgia colleges or take a gap year and reapply again next year. I suggest the best alternative would be # 2. Do NOT enroll in college courses, because that will immediatiely disallow you to apply as a Freshman, and greatly reduce your chances of acceptance.
If you decide on the second option, then ask your HS teachers and guidance counselor right NOW for fresh letters of recommendation that can quickly be sent to new colleges in another couple of months.
Once you are out of HS, next years Seniors will be their priority for LORs. So ask for them now.
Is anyone on the thread from Georgia? What steps allow this student to retain the HOPE scholarship option (if they are eligible to start with)? Just want to make sure they keep this in mind as they work through options that are being presented. I am not very familiar with the details.
Here’s the run down on HOPE eligibility:
https://secure.gacollege411.org/Financial_Aid_Planning/HOPE_Program/Georgia_s_HOPE_Scholarship_Program_Overview.aspx
You can’t borrow $15k/year. You can only borrow ~$5500/year. You didn’t qualify for NYS aid because your family doesn’t live here. Do you qualify for state aid in GA? If your parents are staying there then you’re better off at a GA community college, not a NY one.
What do your parents suggest you do? Do they expect you to enroll in a community college near your current home? Are they assuming you’re taking a gap year? Will they help you pay for college? If so, how much will they pay for college per year? Were they willing to pay for the NYS community college or were you planning to pay that with the federal student loan? If they can’t, or won’t, help, then your options are to look for merit aid or start at a cc in GA.
What are your test scores and unweighted GPA? If you apply anywhere else this admission cycle, your GC will have to send transcripts and other documents. Will your parents help you craft a new list? If you have a list, you can ask them to contact the school and get someone to help you.
CUNYs are 4 year colleges, not CC. City University of New York at different campuses. If OPs parents lived anywhere in metro NY/NJ it would have been possible for him to commute.
CUNY Guttman is a 2 year college. CUNY is a big system including 7 CCs and 7 graduate/professional-only schools.
Thank you. I was wondering why I had never heard of it. Many of the schools are 4 years including Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, New York City Campus, Lehman, Hunter and Baruch, John Jay and others. Sounds like a good deal.
Yes, CUNY Guttman is a 2-year college and the most recent community college addition to the CUNY system. Their enrollment is less than 1,000 students and the school is located in located in midtown Manhattan. There are eleven 4-year colleges (12 if you count William E. Macaulay Honors College) and 7 Community Colleges.
I live in GA, and someone after me posted the link to maintain eligibility. You have to be careful with it.
At this point with the dearth of info from the OP and what info they are posting is conflicting, I’m just sort of shrugging my shoulders at the whole thing.