<p>Beloit
Knox
Lake Forest
Champlain
Albright
Juniata
Ursinus
College of Wooster
Ithaca
Penn State - Erie</p>
<p>I plan on majoring in CS but I also like doing stuff with media and I want to be able to pursue both interests in some way. I am Pell eligible so I'll need a lot of aid but my parents are divorced so the FA situation is a little complicated. Neither of my parents makes over $50k though.</p>
<p>I think you have a great list of great schools.
Do you have a financial safety though? Or a college where most likely you will receive an adequate amount of FA?</p>
<p>Penn State is my in-state public but if it turns out that even that one costs too much, my local community college is a decent option. I’d go there before commuting to a local 4 year school.</p>
<p>The list looks good.
My main concern would be the FA situation.
Is your “non-custodial” parent willing to help out?
Some schools do, and some schools don’t, require PROFILE forms from the non-custodial parent. So you better check your list against those requirements and make sure both parents are ready, willing and able to provide what’s needed. If there’s a problem, look for schools that don’t require the ncp forms.</p>
<p>Thanks.
I think Beloit, Ursinus, Wooster, and Ithaca need both parents’ info for FA. My dad, the ncp, said he’ll send in whatever papers need to be sent but I doubt he’ll actually contribute any money. He says he will but he hasn’t been very reliable in the past so my mom is looking at it as if she’s paying it herself with no help from him.</p>
<p>^ But you know, if the colleges require ncp forms, that means they’ll expect some contribution from him (depending on his earnings/assets). Be sure to factor that into your “Expected Family Contribution” estimate. If your dad does not come through (for whatever reason), don’t expect the college to make up for it with more aid.</p>
<p>Krlilies - Most of the black people that my mom knows who went to East Stroudsburg said they didn’t have good experiences and none of them wanted their kids to go there. This was a while ago, the 90s, but I don’t like the school enough to want to risk it.</p>
<p>Have you checked out Rutgers? You would have Out of State tuition, but perhaps they might give you a generous aid offer? Either way, you’d be a likely admit.</p>
<p>Krlilies - the PA state schools that I seriously considered as far as majors and ec stuff were all too big unfortunately. That’s why Penn State Erie is on my list. It’s a smaller campus. I know because it’s Penn State, it’s a more expensive option than the other state schools though.</p>
<p>KBronx17 - Rutgers is way too big.</p>
<p>Zobroward - Champlain has good programs in all of my areas of interest and I liked the campus and loved the town of Burlington when I visited.</p>
<p>I would consider Bucknell. Yes your profile is lower than there average student. But you are a fairly strong student and you have the African American advantage. All of these schools are trying to increase the diversity of their student body. Use it to your advantage.</p>
<p>Adding a reach like Bucknell might be a good idea, but I would caution the OP to investigate more thoroughly if accepted. Bucknell might be trying to add diversity but they have along way to go: according to their COmmon Data Set only 102 undergrads out of a total of 3554 are “Black or African American, non-Hispanic”.
<a href=“https://bucknell.edu/x73699.xml[/url]”>https://bucknell.edu/x73699.xml</a>
Even my son thought the school seemed too white and preppy and he is white
Excellent school though!</p>
