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<p>You do need to have your guidance counselor find out if you are eligible for in-state status at any VA public university or community college. The policy may be different for those two categories. Find out if you qualify for in-county status at your own county’s community college. If you don’t qualify for this kind of status anywhere, you will have to look a lot longer and harder to come up with a list of Financial Safeties.</p>
<p>You also need to talk with your parents about how much they can realistically afford to contribute toward your college expenses, and you need to think about how much you can realistically expect to make at a job of your own. Those numbers will tell you how much aid you need to get to make your education possible.</p>
<p>Since you like Barnard (except for the only-for-girls bit) take a look at Haverford. As a Haverford student you could do all of the Latin, Ancient Greek, and Russian you want (even a full major in those subjects) at Bryn Mawr. Yes it isn’t a safety for anyone, but like Swarthmore it is Quaker which might help out a bit if anything happened to your TPS status. For more Quaker colleges, see the list at [Quaker-originated</a> Colleges and Universities](<a href=“http://www.quaker.org/colleges.html]Quaker-originated”>Quaker-originated Colleges and Universities)</p>