Is there a possibility of a sufficiently large athletic scholarship for you?
3.2-3.3 GPA is unrealistic for schools like Yale, Princeton, UCLA, and USC.
I don’t think Parsons or Pratt will have large tennis scholarships.
Note that NAAB-accredited BArch degree programs are five year programs, which obviously have cost implications.
I am aware it is unrealistic for Yale and princeton, for the second time they were just hopefuls. I feel UCLA i have a better chance than USC.
I don’t think they will either, I am thinking the best way to go will be to transfer sophomore year after having a 4.0?
Other question, is prepscholar worth the money?
I am also 1st generation college to attend
I don’t see that Parsons even has a tennis team.
Students who are instate residents in CA need to be tippy top applicants to gain admission to UCLA. You are OOS.
I woild,strongly suggest you make an appointment with your,guidance counselor at yoir prep school. Usually the counsellors at prep,schools are well versed on where their students have chances of acceptance. While the specific finances are really not,the counsellors concern, you might want to mention that your parents don’t plan to fund any of your college costs. This will help,the GC help,you with your college search.
You need to come up,with a realistic list of schools…including affordable options for you.
Specifically tell your counselor that your parents have enough income and assets to prevent you from getting much financial aid, and they will contribute $0 (though specify if they will let you live with them and commute to nearby schools), so you need to find schools where you can get sufficient merit or athletic scholarships to get the net price to below $10,000 per year or whatever lower amount you are comfortable covering with federal direct loans and work earnings. Basically, let him/her know up front what the financial constraints are that you are working under.
Not only do the Ivies not give athletic scholarships, but you would STILL have to have HIGH test scores to get in…even as a tennis athlete. Your test scores would STILL need to be high enough that would get you merit elsewhere.
“when a computer gets destroyed and he will no longer have to worry.”
^^ What does THAT mean??
You need a totally new list. You need to talk to your COACH about schools that might recruit you. If he/she says that you’re recruitable, then find out what you need to do. If you’re not that high talent, then that route won’t work.
From a different angle: when parents with wealth divorce, there is often an agreement to pay X per year for school and college. It is a part of the Separation agreement that a judge would have signed off on. Your parents must abide by it. Look into this. It may provide some minimum amount.
^^ Hopefully, that’s the case. However, since the mom hasn’t mentioned that to her son, likely there wasn’t one. The parents divorced 5 years ago. The mom may not have pursued that angle.
I’m hoping kid just hasn’t asked. If they have been paying private tuition each year, there is a good chance it’s there!
I suggest that you improve your relationship with your dad so that he will help pay for college. That won’t solve the problem because he probably won’t pay all costs, but if you can get him to pay “some” costs, then that will help.
In the meantime, you need to get the highest test scores you can. That will help you in two ways…
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if your tennis talents are strong enough, you’ll be more attractive to top schools that give athletic awards. (is tennis a full head sport?)
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if your tennis talents don’t score a full athletic award, then high test scores will help you get large merit awards.
You need to stop thinking about the Ivies, you do not appear to be competitive academically and can’t afford them. Talk to your tennis coach about whether you may be good enough to get a D1 tennis scholarship; if you are, that sounds like your best bet other than living at home and commuting to a college or community college. Students whose parents could pay but won’t can’t be super picky. And without high stats (which GPA is part of), you won’t have a lot of merit options. After taking to your coach, post over in the athletic recruits forum for advice if your coach thinks it is possible.
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but I can also receive in state tuition in California since my dad lives there.
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that is not automatic. You need to look at the rules since you didn’t go to high school there. You MIGHT have to move and live with your dad BEFORE your 18th birthday. Is that possible?
This same scenario came up a few months ago with NCP living in Calif and the CP living elsewhere. Since the child would turn 18 before high school graduation (before she could move to live with dad), she couldn’t qualify for instate tuition.
Will you turn 18 before your May/June graduation?
It would seem strange that dad paid for private school all these years and now won’t help with college at all.
The dad may have been ordered to pay that since the child had always been attending private. Or that may be a portion of his court-ordered child support.
The mom may not have thought ahead to include college.
If this student is a male, then unless he’s a tippy-top ranked tennis player, he won’t likely get a full scholarship. Div 1 schools are only allowed 4.5 scholarships for mens tennis, and the men’s teams generally have 8- 13 members, so those 4.5 awards are split amongst those students.