Basically don’t know where I should apply to. Currently a senior and about to start applying for colleges. Trying to figure out where I should apply to. Would be great for people to recommended or give some thoughts regarding colleges.
Colleges that I already am going to apply to:
U of Washington
Seattle University
UC’s Reach
Penn Uni Reach
OSU
U of Oregon
Looking for:
Urban area colleges, at least in moderate distance to a urban city
Financial Aid, would like scholarships and grants
Diverse campus
Medium to Large
Don’t mind if its Private or Public
Stats or information about myself:
Asian American
Washington State
Public School
Major: Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
Parents can pay for 15k? a year Lower middle classed
Scores:
SAT 1890 (From June SAT that was messed up, will retake probably 1900-2000 range)
GPA 4.0 School does not do W GPA
Top 5%
EC:
2 Years Free the Children, Treasurer
2 Years FBLA, Secretary
1 Year DECA
2 Year NHS
2 Years Varisty Bowling
Did not do clubs freshman/sophomore year due to family circumstances
Working as an IT Tech for School district, 2nd year working currently
Founded Chemistry Olympiad Club this year
AP:
AP World 4
APUSH 5
AP Lang 4
Currently taking
AP Lit
AP Comp Sci
AP Chem
AP Gov
AP Calc AB
Predicating at least 4 on all
Awards:
Student of Semester lol
AAUW 2015 Technology Scholar
AP Sholar
If your parents are only willing to pay around $15K/year for college, remove the California UC’s from your list. As an OOS student, expect to receive little to no financial aid/merit aid and pay $55K/year.
Applying to UC’s is honestly more of a “can I even get in” kind of deal, and 15k is just an estimate. I have college money saved up and have family living in Cali.
You can’t get in-state tuition in CA just because you have family there. You may be able to save on housing if you can live with them (not sure if any UCs require frosh to live on campus), but you would pay OOS tuition all 4 years. Assuming you mean UPenn (the Ivy), that is going to be a reach for you given your SAT. If you mean Penn State, their financial aid is poor even for in-state students, and you would get none.
You should run the net price calculator on the website of each college you are interested in,
UPenn is same as UC’s for me. I just wanna see if I get accepted, not counting on going lol. Definitely looking more for what other Uni’s I should be applying for besides the ones I listed.
Why waste application fees on schools you can’t afford to attend? Sounds like you are going to need every penny for college. Is this just for bragging rights?
More of a pride thing, when you spend 4 years studying it would be nice to know you got accepted, plus application waivers, but a few hundred (low hundreds lol) isn’t something I would be afraid to spend. Regarding money I just personally do not want to burden myself/parents with loans but, realistically money is not that big of a problem to where every penny counts.
Your budget is what your parents can contribute ($15k), + the federal student loan (~$5500/year), + summer work earnings (~$3k), + any merit aid you can get. So you need schools that are in the ~$20k ballpark (so you have enough for travel and books). Run the Net Price Calculators on college websites to see if they’re affordable. And look for the thread for low cost (under $25k for everything) schools.