<p>Long story short, i'll be needing a lot of money to go to school. yes, i know state schools are cheaper. i'm currently at a state school living at home and i have to transfer. i'm actually suppposed to transfer but i don't know if i want to take on this financial burden.</p>
<p>How hard is it to transfer to Penn Cornell and Rice for chemical engineering?</p>
<p>i'll most likely have something around a 3.75/3.8 GPA . i have a crap load of credits from ap testing and will have junior standing at the end of this quarter though it's my first year.
i'm hoping to sell myself on the point that i've excelled taking the hard stuff not the easy general studies stuff. it's my first year but i'm taking/ have taken</p>
<p>Math 202- calc 2
math 203- calc 3
math 204- calc 4
math 205- differential equations
physics 221 calc based physics 1
physic 222 calc based physics 2
chem 221 gen chem1
comp sci 221 c++
comp sci 150 intro to unix</p>
<p>and some other gen ed classes. </p>
<p>also, do you know of any schools that would offer aid to transfers? whether or not they're hard to get into</p>
<p>You need to be more specific (I also suggest asking this on the Financial Aid forums).</p>
<p>First of all, what is your EFC as calculated by FAFSA? There are some estimators/calculators out there that can give you a ballpark EFC figure if you didn’t fill out a FAFSA this year. This at least gives the forum a place to start to guess what kind of Federal aid/loans you might qualify for. It also gives a snapshot picture of what the colleges will most likely expect you/your family to contribute.</p>
<p>Secondly, how much have your parents pledged/promised or are willing to help pay? If you have an EFC of 35,000 a year and your parents have said “zero”–even a fairly good financial aid package is likely going to fall far short for you if your parents are not going to help. On the flip side, even an EFC of say 4000 might not get you enough Financial Aid from a private college because EFC is an estimate AND colleges are not required to give away grant monies from their own coffers to reduce COA down to the EFC.</p>
<p>So–start with your EFC and what your family is willing to help and repost this on the FA forum!</p>
<p>Yes, many if not most colleges give FA–Federal Loans and etc to transfers. How much additional scholarship/grants from the institution itself varies greatly.</p>