Texas Christian University, Southern Methodist University, and Baylor University - Scholarships

Paying for College
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I am currently a high school senior, and I have applied to all of the above schools for their early action decisions (and have gotten admitted to every school.) I have not decided where I am going to attend this upcoming fall semester because I am not sure which school is the most generous with their scholarships/financial aid. Do any of yall have any idea which university is the most generous out of those three schools based on my test scores and financial circumstances? When will i expect to have a final number from all of the schools?

My statistics:
SAT Score: 1390 out of 1600
SAT Superscore: 1410 out of 1600
ACT Score: 31out of 36
ACT Superscore: 32 out of 36
Rank: 15/337
School: Currently enrolled as a full time college student and will be graduating this May with 78 credit hours (so with an Associates in Science.)
Parental Income: <$30,000

Additional:
-already applied for FAFSA
-my parents are pushing to go to the school that will have the lowest cost of attendance, but I have no preference because I am starting to second guess my major
-applied to all of my schools as a biology major on a pre-med/pre-dental route
-for the most part, i have been told that my associates will not fully transfer to private schools in Texas; therefore, I will have to redo some courses that i have already taken.

thank you!

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None of those are schools that meet full need.

Some of them seem to be more generous to lower income students. Have you received any information about scholarships yet at all? I’ve heard rumors that Baylor has let some students know about scholarships but I’m not sure about details.

Why have you applied to all private schools in Texas specifically? Did you apply to any state schools?

I predict you are going to get more money from TCU and SMU but just how much is hard to predict. They both have net price calculators…have you run those on the website? What do they say?

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From Baylor, I received a scholarship worth $76,000 divided over 8 semesters. I received a $136,000 scholarship from SMU, but I do not know what I received from TCU yet because I just submitted my CSS Profile. In addition to these schools, I also applied to UT Austin, UT Dallas, and Texas Tech. I have a preference to attend a private school because I prefer the smaller class size, and I would rather attend a private school if the costs ends up being equivalent to the costs of a public school. I have tried the net price calculators, but I am not sure how accurate they are.

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@undecidedfromtx Did you receive any merit scholarship from TCU? Is $136,000 the most you can receive from SMU?