<p>See if Miss State will give you merit. Why did you apply to ASU if it’s not an option?</p>
<p>Sounds like your parents are working hard. Hopefully they are getting social security money coming into the household for the grandparent who lives with them.</p>
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<p>What are your parents saying? My kids would not be caught between a rock and a hard spot bc they can’t fall in love with an option until we have the numbers in and decide what is affordable and reject outright what isn’t. We are those “horrible selfish” parents that you read about on CC that deny their kids their dream school bc we won’t pay for it. 
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<p>We believe our role is to provide them with the best k12 education we can, open up the doors to good educational opportunities, and guide them to apply to schools where they can receive merit scholarships based on their hard work and drive during high school and where they can receive the education they need to succeed in their future goals.</p>
<p>If our kids are avg academically, then they have pretty limited options. If they are stellar academically they have more—but they do not have the world bc being accepted does not equal being affordable. ( and since we have a large family and kids are human with their own internal drives, motivations, and abilities, we have kids that fall in both.)</p>
<p>We live in a very real middle class world. Life is not wide open opportunities. In our real life, it is about making the most of the opportunities you have. This has to apply to college as well. It doesn’t have to be a perfect fit. It has to be one that is workable and a provides a solid foundation.</p>
<p>@Mom2aphysicsgeek…I think you right on actually!</p>
<p>What kind of scholarship did ASU offer you? The money you likely received from them will not reduce your costs below that of attending school in NH. If you don’t like ASU, do not contemplate it. The largest non-NMF general scholarship of $12-13K/yr, if you got that, brings OOS tuition+rm/bd down to low 20s. Barrett is a few thousand more, if you are looking at that. Need to add several thousand because of cross country distance for travel costs and costs of buying all the needed gear there that is too expensive to transport from home even if you have it- lamps, tables, bike, etc. and storing stuff over summer. Add possible costs of health insurance. Does your parents’ plan cover you out of state? If not, at a minimum you’ll need to buy ASU’s Bridge plan to get access to basic health services for a reasonable price.That puts you up to in-state UNH cost even if not in Barrett. Unless you received some departmental money??</p>
<p>UNH appears to have very clear credit transfer agreements with the state community colleges. If you maintain 3.5 GPA at CC, then after you get your 2-yr degree and transfer, UNH gives an automatic $5K/yr scholarship for the last 2 years. Is there a CC near home so you can live at home while attending to save money?
<a href=“http://www.nhtransfer.org/”>NH Transfer | University of New Hampshire;