<p>What is your unweighted GPA? What is your tank.</p>
<p>If you go to one of the NYC, big 3, there is going to a lot of competition from right within the ranks (there is nothing about your profile, that really sets you apart or makes you stand out from others with grades and scores that put them in the pool). Last year, many students from the big 3 got their lunch eaten in the college admissions process. My recommendation is to see your college counselor. Look carefully at Naviance, Cappex or whatever they are using to see how students with your grades and scores fared last year.</p>
<p>I would recommend that you sit with your dad and run your numbers through the net price calculator. After you do this, then sit with your father to determine, if he is willing to pay or borrow for your education. Keep in mind, that many of his adjustments may be added back in when he files the CSS profile and they pull his records or he submits his records from the IRS</p>
<p>Pay the 65 and file the CUNY app (6 choices) mix up your choices and file to both general admissions and the honors college.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.cuny.edu/admissions/undergraduate/downloads/Admission-Profile-2012.pdf[/url]”>http://www.cuny.edu/admissions/undergraduate/downloads/Admission-Profile-2012.pdf</a></p>
<p>If you file now, you will have your decisions before Christmas. You can even file some of the SUNY applications (make sure that your dad wil be able to afford the cost).</p>
<p>I would remove UCB, UCLA, NYU from your list. Should you get accepted, the money will not come to make it financially feasible for your family (you will be full freight paying at almost all of these schools). Don’t pooh pooh Alabama as right now it seems to be (after CUNY) the only financially feasible option in the bunch.</p>