Hey guys, I’m currently a junior and I know I still have a while until the quest bridge application, but I wanted to know if I have a good chance at becoming a finalist. So my household income is $65,502 (as of 2018) for a family of eight. The thing that worries me is that I’m right at the cutoff line for elgible applicants and I’m not a first generation student( my mom went to community college and my sister is a freshman at UT Austin) and my parents bought a house about two years ago that’s worth $240,000, but they’ve only paid off about $45,000.( Does this still count as an asset of they haven’t paid it off yet? And will this effect my EFC?) For me, my extenuating situation is that I have to help take care of my grandmother who has seizures and is unable to work, my parents are immigrants from Liberia, I have to help out with my siblings more than the average student, and I drive about 45 minutes to go to a better school. Also, my mom got remarried to my stepfather, so do I have to report my biological fathers income? I haven’t heard from him since like 10+ years ago, and the last we heard of him was that he had moved to China and got remarried, also he doesn’t contribute anything to us at all. I’m not so worried about my stats/ extracurriculars because I think they are to par to the schools I’m applying to, but will the things I listed about affect my chances of being matched/becoming a finalist?
*Im sorry this was a jumbled mess of questions