<p>Thank you fauve and hmom for your feedback.</p>
<p>UMich because it is dad’s alma mater. Michigan is like second home to us with family there. We have pictures of S wearing Go Blue clothes at several months old. But I do see your point of the OOS tuition.</p>
<p>Like many others, we probably won’t qualify for need based aid but paying for college won’t be an easy task. Any suggestion for merit based aid colleges for student like S would be much appreciated.</p>
<p>S has no plan of taking any more test. We visited all the UCs and UMich. Although he has preferences, he can see himself in all of them. He wants a big college because he likes people, sports and activities. He wants to be at a more urban area not too close to home. He said he is moving away to college so anything within an hour is too close. I told him I promise I won’t visit often. :)</p>
<p>I think he realizes that his chances at the ivies are low.</p>