<p>@notanengineer Nope, no subject tests and I wasn’t planning on it, but I guess I could take them in October.</p>
<p>Yes my parents are self-employed. Neither of them went to college, and they’re basically leaving me to my own devices in this process. I took a look through our tax returns and I think -THINK- maybe my parents could afford 10K a year? Maybe a bit less.
Nope, big-time sports don’t matter, I’ll happily support whatever teams are there.
I haven’t decided just yet, but I’m leaning towards a math/econ major with maybe a minor in Spanish? I’m very quick with numbers and languages, fluent in Vietnamese if it matters.</p>
<p>USC meets full need for 96% of its students—just a bit shy of full need for 100% of those with need. UVA does meet full need for 100% of its students with need, in-state and OOS, but it has an uncommonly small percentage of students with need: only 32% of UVA undergrads receive need-based FA, and only 26% receive need-based grants or scholarships (as opposed to work/study or loans). For most major universities that figure is around 50%, or sometimes higher. I’m not quite sure what to make of that. UVA might just attract an unusually large percentage of students from affluent families. Or it might set an unusually high threshold for “need,” so that an unusually large percentage of students are determined to be full-pay. Or it might offer such ungenerous FA packages that many admitted students with need decline to enroll, accepting more attractive FA offers elsewhere. But whatever the reason, it appears UVA gives out a lot less FA than its reputation would suggest.</p>
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<p>You should be aware that most of the highly selective colleges and universities that meet 100% of need require SAT Subject Tests, though some will waive the Subject Test requirement if you submit the ACT in lieu of the SAT Reasoning Test. Check each school’s admissions web pages.</p>