<p>Its very hard to get into USC and UVa both from out of state</p>
<p>??? WHY would it be hard to get into USC from out of state? USC has many, many kids from out of state. It’s a private school. Even if you thought that USC was south carolina, that school also is not hard to get into OOS.</p>
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<p>*my parents are paying full for my sibling who is doing their last year at UT so I would assume they would pay the same for me…</p>
<p>I thought TAMU was a tad bit cheaper than UT but I guess I am wrong… </p>
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<p>TAMU is a bit cheaper. I just mentioned one price because they’re close in price and prices do go up every year anyway.</p>
<p>my parents said wait till we complete the fafsa, they think we will definitely get some amount of money paid for but obviously they don’t know how much at this point I cannot assume this… my parents combined income bracket is between 70,000-80,000 so I honestly don’t know how much…</p>
<p>You’re not likely going to get much, if any, need-based free money from UT or TAMU. I’m surprised that your parents would think you would get money since they already know that they got nothing for your brother (who is graduating this year).</p>
<p>With an income of about $75k and nominal assets, your FAFSA EFC is going to be about $10,000. If your parents are like many Asian immigrants, they may be fabulous savers so they may have some savings/investments. If so, that can mean a higher EFC. Do they own their own business?</p>
<p>Anyway…a $10k EFC is too high for federal and state grants and Texas publics don’t meet need. So, even though you’ll have “need,” you will probably only get a Stafford loan.</p>
<p>Since your brother is graduating, I don’t know if you can count him in your household. Anyone know?</p>
<p>I took the october 9th test and I am pretty positive I did better than the 1980 last time…</p>
<p>Depending on your SAT results, you may have some other good options…including some merit options… 
However, talk to your parents about a budget. They may not understand that EFC doesn’t mean that a school is going to charge a sliding scale and meet need.</p>