<p>You need to go to the most affordable school. Since you have to live off campus because your mother needs to have a place to live the first thing that you should investigate is housing costs and commuting costs. Hunter has the best tuition and fees but if your living expenses are through the roof that just won’t work. At the same time if your living expenses are cheap enough at Rutgers, the overall cost there might be the lowest.</p>
<p>You have been offered some excellent merit scholarships. But they are almost certainly one-time offers. It is not likely at all that you would get that kind of offer as a transfer student unless you are coming from a community college with a full AA degree.</p>