<p>Is it that they want you to go to UD no matter what, or that they cannot or do not want to pay more than they would pay for UD?</p>
<p>You may want to ask which it really is – if you get into a school with the same or lower net cost as UD, would they let you go there?</p>
<p>That said, taking a lot of student loans is generally a bad idea, and they would reasonably balk at co-signing student loans (which would be needed for student loans more than the Stafford loan limits).</p>
<p>While some of the super-selective schools (e.g. Harvard and Stanford) are quite generous with need-based aid (check the net price calculators), Berkeley is unlikely to be affordable to an out of state student needing financial aid unless s/he is a mechanical engineering major who gets the full ride Drake Scholarship.</p>
<p>Realistically, you are looking for either generous-with-financial-aid schools or those with near-full-ride merit scholarships that you have a chance for. If you have a realistic change at a super-selective school, you probably have a realistic chance at scholarships like Park at NCSU, Robertson at UNC-CH/Duke, Morehead-Cain at UNC-CH, President’s at Georgia Tech, etc… There are also a very small number of full or near-full ride scholarships for GPA and test score stats (e.g. schools listed in <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships.html</a> ).</p>
<p>Note that if your major is chemical engineering, UD is considered one of the top schools for that major.</p>