You posted this back in July:
“I am going into my senior year of high school with a 4.0 GPA, number 1 class rank, and 34 ACT score. I am trying to make some major decisions as to which schools I should start applying to.
I don’t know what I want to major in, I’ve had some interest in law and engineering but I am unsure exactly where I wanna go with that. I live in Arizona but I really have no desire to go to U of A or ASU. my parents have said that they will give me a max of 65k towards college overall, which is generous but won’t even cover a year of school at an Ivy, duke, u chi… Any of the well known privates.
I guess I am wondering is it better to try to and go to a public university that offers full tuition scholarships, or to try and pursue a very competitive school and take out massive student loan debt?
Also I’m prepared for brutal honesty- am I even qualified to get into a top institution?”
Are your parents now saying they won’t pay anything at all? What happened to the total of $65K. That is VERY generous of them, by the way…especially since they completely paid for all of their own college.
You have a 34 ACT which will totally get you free tuition at some schools and lots of people responded to that on the other thread.
Are you still wanting to go to one of the “well known privates?”
You are not in an unusual situation at all. Lots and lots of families and kids with amazing stats have to make the affordable decision. Are you feeling pressure from others to go to a name brand school?