Have you asked Barrett whether you can defer for a year, and registered to take both the sat and the act one more time befoeebyou graduate ?
@MYOS1634 No, I have not asked Barrett about deferring for another year. I am not sure if one can do that, but I can send them an email. I think I would probably have to give up my position for Barrett because they accept only a number of students and I would imagine they have a list of people on a wait list.
To defer isn’t related to wait lists. To defer means you promise not to enroll in another college and will focus on an activity, work, study abroad. You need to have a plan for your gap year of course but if asu allows it, it won’t hurt or affect anyone. It just means you’ll start after earning some money for college. Many colleges authorize a gap year and some actually encourage it.
So I couldn’t go to a community college, but instead work on my tests and work. 
You can ask them what the restrictions are for deferring a year. Some schools do allow you to attend CC. Some do not allow more applications to other schools. Some require an actual plan of what you will do, like working or participating in the Peace Corps, or working on art. Some do not allow 'traveling through Europe ’ as a plan.
If it is something you want to do, ask about it. If not, dont. To me it sounds like you want to go to college. Ask the school about financial aid first. A financial aid award of $600 seems strange to me, unless those are the fees or something. If that $600 is need based aid, I think there is more to be had.
Exactly. Although most universities only consider test scores taken before graduation, but that’s something else you can ask Barrett: if you raise your test scores, could they consider you for more scholarship money? If that score is in May? What about August? Or October?
As you make the decisions, you need to consider the “what ifs”? Will you be able to afford the loans if your plans change? What if the pre-med path doesn’t work out? Will that change the decision?
At my daughter’s school, 1200 students in her year consider themselves pre-med (not a true major). By the time four years are up, only 100 are left standing. The path can be that brutal. Some of the dropouts were probably dreamers but I suspect that most were intelligent hard working kids that either were weeded out or found a different passion.
Hey guys! So I received this email today from someone at ASU when I originally asked about retaking SAT/ACT tests:
“Victoria,
You can submit new test scores through July to be considered for increased scholarships. You will need to take the ACT to increase your scholarship. If you can receive a 20 on the test your scholarship will increase to the University Scholarship which is $3,000 a year, renewable for 4-years. Thank you.”
What do you guys think would be a good option? Go for it or no?
I’m a little stuck because just like another user posted on here, it would be likely that there may not be a lot of money left to go around.
Of course! If money is tight, that one point can mean $12K.
You should definitely go for it. The email says “will increase” not “may” so in my experience that means ASU has the money for this scholarship increase. With some effort and practice, I bet you could increase your ACT to 20. Trust me, with my two kids every little bit helps when paying for college. Good luck.
According to your the NPC, your ASU grant was already $2,000, so increasing your ACT only gives you an additional $1,000/year. Your net cost is ~$25k/year. You can take a federal student loan (~$5500/year), but an additional $1k grant won’t make this school affordable if your parents can’t pay the other $20k.
If I remember correctly, your parents income is over $100k (so you don’t qualify for Pell), they can’t contribute anything for your education, and they’re still paying off your mom’s college loans, is that right? So the only way to pay for this college is ~$100k in loans ($27k federal student loans for you + $80k PLUS loans for your parents)? If that’s the case, it doesn’t sound like this college is affordable for your family.
So, if you get just one more point on the ACT, you’ll earn $4,000 more. That’s being paid $1,000 an hour. Trust me, it’ll be a looooooooonnnnnnnnng time before such an opportunity comes again - that much mney for that little effort in that little time. You’d have to work 25 hours a week for several MONTHS in order to earn that much.
And if you brough it to 21, it’d be $6,000 a year, or $24,000 over 4 years. And going from 19 to 21 is very doable.
It’s worth taking the test in April and June. HURRY though, because late registration closes on Friday!!!
So, have you registered for the ACT?