Hi everyone,
I am currently studying engineering (electrical to be specific) at the Community College of Rhode Island. I am currently in my sophomore year and I am planning to transfer by Fall 2015. CCRI has an agreement with the University of Rhode Island, and basicly I know for sure I will be accepted. I currently have a GPA of 3.87. I am wondering do I have any chance being accepted at a better school than URI around me. I was thinking maybe UConn, UMass or Penn State or if you have any other college in mind. The problem for me is that money is an issue, I don’t want to waste $75 applying for every single school, also even if I get accepted I’ll need a decent scholarship to be able to attend as I can’t pay $30,000 out of state tuition. What do you think? Should I give any of there schools a shot? Or is URI a decent school? I don’t know if this might change anything, but I am a US citizen, but I lived my entire life outside the states until I turned 18. I lived between Kuwait and Syria and graduated high school from Syria, and had to leave because of the war. Could this help me get into a school or get a scholarship? Do you think I have any chance being accepted at Brown or should I just save the application fee?
I know I am asking a lot of question, but do you know how I can get a common app fee waiver, my advisor at school told me that he only does it for URI and RIC (Rhode Island College).
Thank you very much in advance.