@Mama212529 - I don’t know how TE works. is it competitive? auto? I’d love to listen if you would explain.
We do have a friend on TE at SLU and liking it. We are midwest; not sure of your distance parameters; but some places I thought for your kid in your price range would be University of Tulsa; Creighton, Drake and Baylor . . . .
As you know, the higher the ranking, the harder it is to get merit, which you’ll probably want as you are full pay.
PS: out of curiosity - what about Auburn? As you are from AL - what is the feeling between these two schools? Bama is a contender for our own kid; so was just curious on this.