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We need to find out which state school is near enough to home to commute to.
I’m puzzled by the title. Why ask that question when the FAR MORE serious issue is that this is he’s upper-middle class, and his parents won’t pay anything??? That’s like asking, which luxury car is best…and oh, btw…i have no means to cover the costs. :-/
He should be asking, [-O< where can I get a near-free-ride for strong stats (assuming he’ll score well on the ACT/SAT?). I realize that he may not know that the northeast is lousy with huge merit, so hopefully he’ll be open to their regions of the country. He’s going to have to go where the huge money is.
And the reality is…he’ll need to score highly if he stands any chance to find affordable schools other than something he can commute to for a very low cost.
Sounds like he doesn’t know what his career goal will be. Engineering? Medicine? Scientist? Researcher? Computer Science?
Did you take the PSAT last year? If so, how’d you do? Did you take it again in october?