@plokijnm321 When you say “cost is a factor”, what do you mean? Of course cost is a factor, but how much of a factor based on your family’s financial picture? $150K+ is a lot of money. How would you finance the extra cost for Amherst? Savings? Co-signed loans? Can your family absorb the extra cost fairly easily, with income?
This might not have anything to do with ethnic bias. The $150K+ might be a bigger burden to your family than they are letting on, so maybe they’re only willing to take on that financial burden in exchange for a degree from a broadly recognizable top national university. If that’s the case, as far as I’m concerned, that’s your parents’ decision to make, bias or not.
If your family can absorb the $150K+ fairly easily, then you’re in a better position to bargain and expose any bias that might exist.