<p>If your family income is over 150K, is there no chance of receiving any aid?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Possibly at Harvard, I believe.</p>
<p>Lol…thought confirmed then. I’m applying mostly UCs, and also USC, Santa Clara U, and Boston U.</p>
<p>you will not likely receive any need-based aid for any of those schools.</p>
<p>However, for Santa Clara, you might get some merit for your ACT 33. It might bring the cost down to about a UC. </p>
<p>What are your parents saying? How much will they pay each year? </p>
<p>If they’ll pay all costs, but you’re just “hoping” for aid, then you’ll be fine. If they won’t then you’ll have to go where you can afford to attend.</p>
<p>Do you think Boston U or USC would give me merit aid?</p>
<p>My parents have been kinda iffy about it, they mentioned paying for about half of the total fees.</p>
<p>You need to get a number out of them. Sit them down, and work through the Net Price Calculators on the websites of several different places. Once they see what the colleges and universities are likely to expect, they will be better able to give you a real number.</p>
<p>No merit from USC. Even an ACT 35 will not always get merit out of USC. </p>
<p>An ACT 33 is too average for USC to warrant merit, especially for an instate non-URM student. </p>
<p>??? If your parents will only pay half, how will you pay the other? You can’t borrow that much.</p>
<p>Get their tax return and start filling out the FAFSA. $150K can mean a lot of differnt things. How much do they pay in taxes? It comes down to the AGI figure on the tax return and other issues may impact it too. </p>
<p>As a rule, you aren’t going to get much if any aid, but I’ve known kids who fall into some niche where they were an exception. Plus you will need FAFSA on file to get access to loans and workstudy and possibly other awards.</p>