@Dunboyne ok so for the EFC and financial stuff I’ve been trying to give estimates, bc my parents haven’t really figured all of it out yet. They did talk to a college financial advisor for a little bit, but they haven’t combed through all their finances yet. So before I said probably $30,000 but when we went to the financial advisor, she said at private universities we would probably end up paying a lot more than that. My parents both were hard workers their whole lives, and neither of them graduated college (both went for one year and then dropped out). Despite this, they both ended up in well-paying managerial positions in the government (post office). Since they were 18, they’ve been saving money and so now they have quite a bit saved. Some of the money is in life insurance, a good chunk is in IRAs and stocks/bonds. Basically, they thought that this money wouldn’t be touched for college admissions/fin aid, and the financial advisor said it wouldn’t be for public schools, but that private schools are looking at it more and more. Some of the money they can’t access until they retire or until they die, but it still is counted for private universities. So, we are going to have to pay more than we expected at first, and we probably won’t be getting a lot of financial aid. However, my parents know that most of my schools I want to go to are privates, so they aren’t saying I have to go to a public school or anything. The financial advisor said that there are ways to move around our money to make it so colleges won’t see it, and to at least relieve the burden a little. So, my parents have to go to a follow-up appt to figure out how to get the best possible fin aid. So basically I’ve tried to stay away from this topic bc I don’t really know at all how it will end up- we still have to move around everything and figure it out. Basically, my parents want to have to pay the least amount of money (but we probably won’t get a lot of fin aid) but they also don’t want to sacrifice the quality of my education and want me to go to a good school and a school I love.