Out of state
Act composite 32
Sat subject test math 2- 710, physics -700
Gpa unweighted 97.3. On a 4.0 scale its a 4.0 uw.
Rank 13 in extremely competetive class.
I am from Nepal. Moved here from poverty 7 years ago.
I am in 7 clubs for which I hold president position for one and VP position for the other.
I am from an extremeley low income family. makes about 25 grand a year.
I speak 5 langauges( mostly middle eastern).
I will have taken about 12 AP classes by the end of senior year.
My passion is art for which I have a portfolio.
I plan on applying for the computer science school.
So what do you guys think? Do I have a good chance?
You look like a competitive applicant. Are you in-state, OOS or an International applicant? Can you afford the costs $55K/year to attend with little to no financial aid for OOS or International applicants. If so, then it is worth an application, just remember CS is super selective.
The California UC’s give little to NO financial aid to OOS applicants. You would have to come up with most of the $55K/year yourself. As a student, you can only take out Federal loans in the following amounts:
$5500 Freshman year
$6500 Sophomore year
$7500 Junior/Senior year
Just so other posters know your Home state, please post so they could give you more financially feasible schools to apply.
You should be able to qualify for Pell grants but even this is a drop in the bucket compared to the UC costs. Any other loans, your parents would have to take out (Parent plus) and with their income they probably will not qualify which should make you eligible for an additional $4K/year.
You need to look at schools that will give substantial financial aid, so cross the California UC’s off your list.
Look at your state schools and check out these links that would be generous with FA and merit aid:
You need to run the Net Price calculator (NPC) for each school of interest to get an idea of your costs. This will help you in formulating your list of schools.
That is pretty good for a public university. However, the best way to estimate your cost
is to run the Net Price Calculator. Compare that to your in-state flagship school and let
us know the results.
@foobar1: The link you posted does not differentiate between in-state, out of state and International applicants in the amount of financial aid awarded. Majority of students receiving aid would be California in-state students since they make up the bulk of students at the UC’s. Running the NPC is a better indication of how much if any aid the OP will receive. What is a definite about FA from the UC’s, is that OOS students will still have to pay the OOS supplemental tuition at $24K/year along with Room and Board costs which would still total around $38K/year.
The common datset is better reference that the collegedata website.
Good point @Gumbymom . Based on Berkeley’s Net Price Calculator an OOS low-income student could be awarded a $25K need based grant but the difference might have to be made up with parent loans. SUNY Binghamton probably would have a low net price for a New York student.