<p>Aren’t you instate for NJ?</p>
<p>If so, then you need to apply to some NJ publics since that state also gives aid to low income students.</p>
<p>TCNJ
Ramapo
and some of the other NJ publics. </p>
<p>NY SUNY’s may have “lowish” OOS costs, but since you won’t qualify for NY TAP aid, the OOS costs will still likely be unaffordable. The OOS cost can be around $27k per year. SUNYs aren’t going to give you that in aid. You’ll still be gapped for a good amount.</p>
<p>@mom2collegekids: Noooo, I’m instate for New York… Which is why everyone is telling me to apply to SUNYs.</p>
<p>Brin, the problem is – as was said before – that you don’t have the grades/stats for schools that give the best aid. </p>
<p>So your options are: </p>
<p>In-state
OOS publics and privates (which likely won’t give you the aid you need)
3-rd tier publics and privates (which might)</p>
<p>But you seem to be rank/name obsessed. You want ‘good’. And that basically leaves the SUNYs, something we’ve been telling you all along.</p>
<p>@katliamom: And like I’ve been saying, I am going to put two SUNYs on my list.</p>
<p>Clemson University? Or too high? This time I used CollegeBoard.</p>
<p>I have to say… none of the SUNYs have Latin Teacher Education as a major.</p>
<p>Clemson <em>might</em> admit you, but the cost is HIGH, and it won’t give you the aid you need. </p>
<p>Clemson has a HIGH OOS rate for a public, and your stats are too low for merit. They tend to give decent merit (instate rates - which are still HIGH) to those with about a 1450 Math + CR SAT. </p>
<p>Most OOS publics will NOT work for you.</p>
<p>Oops…I thought you were a NJ resident.</p>
<p>But you could get a degree in classics, then a teaching credential.</p>
<p>@mom2collegekids: On the CollegeBoard search, one of my options was colleges that meet full need, so I don’t know…</p>
<p>@katliamom: They’d teach you Latin? I mean, I know Latin, but obviously I don’t know enough to be a teacher… lol</p>
<p>Clemson does NOT meet need for OOS students. But, they may meet need for instate students, which you are not. That state DOES have aid for INSTATE students ONLY.</p>
<p>Yes, majoring in the Classics often requires that you take Latin and/or Greek.</p>
<p>List me the SUNYs farthest away from NYC that you all believe I could get into.</p>
<p>That’s what google maps/mapquest and university admissions info are for. In other words, you can easily figure this out yourself :)</p>
<p>Is the 93.23 cumulative average representative of your GPA (i.e. an -A)? Or is that just the number of credits completed? If it is the former, I don’t see why everyone keeps recommending SUNYs, CCs and third-tier state schools, nor why you couldn’t go to a decent school, keeping the SAT optional schools in mind. Am I missing something?</p>
<p>You’re missing the fact that OP needs financial aid. That changes the whole picture.</p>
<p>I think maybe some of the other posters on here are missing the facts. Original posts by the op from the first page:</p>
<p>*“Also, I have “rich” (not that rich, but above average) grandparents in another country who saved up a lot of money for my college, and my grandpa here /may/ fund me. (he’s never impressed with anything I do, so.) Call me stupid, but I’m not too concerned about money. Financial aid would help, but if I can’t get it, that just sucks for me. That’s why it’s not on my mandatory list, my mandatory list is that it not be in New York or California.”
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*“Everyone: … so based on what I have and what I want, can anyone suggest schools for me? Financial aid is nice. It is not mandatory. I get that I probably can’t get all that stuff I want, I was just asking in case anyone knew.”
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Based on those quotes, I would recommend the op apply to SAT optional schools. Who knows, maybe the grandparents will be impressed enough to cough up some dough if she gets into the right school…</p>
<p>The Grands have $50k for college for her…not $200k. There’s a huge difference. Plus they have other grandkids. </p>
<p>Unless there’s another money source, then FA is needed. </p>
<p>Yes, she can apply to a couple SAT-optional schools like Wake “just to see”, but unless they “meet need” they won’t be affordable.</p>
<p>For her goals, education, going to a SUNY could really be best. There are advantages to going instate for an Ed major.</p>
<p>@mom2collegekids: Who said they have other grandkids? I’m the only grandkid for both grandparents.</p>
<p>And do they have a million zlotych to give to you for college? Somehow I doubt it, based on your description of them as being only above average in Poland. You’re in a bit of denial both about your chances and your finances.</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>sorry…I keep confusing you from a NJ student who had similar stats and similar college searches. She had a sister attending college at the same time.</p>
<p>Anyway…have you asked your Grands if they’ll pay $200k?</p>
<p>How much will your parents pay?</p>
<p>The best schools will look at both parents’ incomes and assets.</p>
<p>@babytitain: It’s my weighted GPA. And every time I go on college searches or do research, they say don’t look at the price, as financial aid factors in.</p>
<p>@katliamom: No, not a million (as far as I know), just 162,583.50 zl, or $50,000. They tell me they’re not rich, but they have a basement with a weight room, a first floor bigger than my apartment with a kitchen, a bathroom, a bar, a dinning room, a livingroom, then they have a small yard, go up another floor there’s a huge bathroom with three bedrooms and a balcony, go up another floor and there’s another bedroom and bathroom and a livingroom like scene as well as an empty room that could be a kitchen, and then there’s an attic. THEN they have a house in the country side with a basement with a pool table, the first floor has a bathroom, a kitchen and living room, the second floor has three bedrooms and a tiny bathroom. Behind the house is a garden, and it’s surrounded by an amount of land equal too… a huge yard? It’s not A LOT of land, but it’s still pretty big. Then, walk down the road and my grandpa owns more land with a big pond where he catches his own fish. Also, they pay for me and my dad’s plane tickets to come there every year, and there’s always plenty of food on the table.</p>
<p>So I don’t know what you’d consider that. Here, I live in a tiny, roach-filled apartment, and then my dad also has a small private apartment that’s roachless. Mom’s unemployment just ended, and dad makes a little more than $30,000 a year (working for ABC/Disney, I don’t know if that matters.) My “rich” grandpa offered to sell his house for my college, but I don’t want him too; I’m good with the $50,000 he saved up for me, because I feel it’d be wrong just for him to sell the house so I can go to college. A generous, wonderful act on his part, but for me, wrong. I am not letting him sell that house just for me.</p>
<p>@mom2collegekids: It’s fine! Well, if you read what I just said to katlia… they probably /could/ if they sold their property, but I don’t want them to do that because I just feel it’d be selfish on my part. They love to spoil me, but I try not to let them because I don’t see why they should spoil me. They’re like “Oh, you want me to buy you this? This? It’s no problem, really!” and I’m like “Nah. I’m good.” Lol.</p>
<p>My parents aren’t paying a dime. If you also look at what I said to katlia, you’ll also find out about my parents income, if I haven’t mentioned it already.</p>
<p>So if your parents aren’t paying for you, and if your grandparents aren’t either - even with that $50K you’d still need at least another $150K for a private/OOS public – then you need financial aid? Correct?</p>