<p>And no relatives in the immediate area so Housing would have to be paid in Full and No aid unless i file some sort of special case</p>
<p>One last bit of info i’ve missed is that the reason of going to cc is that i would take 1 year off of University because of the fact that enough classes would be transferable </p>
<p>So instead of 4 years i’d only go 3 which is like 12k in savings</p>
<p>"Numbers i came up with are based on cc at 2k per year then university in state at 12k per year and University Law at 18k per year in state. "</p>
<p>Your instate university’s COA is $12k? and law school is $18k? what schools are those? Will you commute from home to attend these schools? Or will you live at school??</p>
<p>“SoS you say that i should go to University then Law then CC? Mom2 What do you feel about the order?”</p>
<p>NO, SoS doesn’t mean that. that wouldn’t make any sense. </p>
<p>I see in another thread that the univ that you’re considering is UTenn. UTenn’s COA is </p>
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<pre><code> On Campus Off Campus At Home
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<p>Tuition and fees $11,194 $11,194 $11,194
Room and board $9,170 $9,170 $3,602
Books and supplies $1,536 $1,536 $1,536
Estimated personal expenses $3,886 $3,886 $3,886
Transportation expenses -- $1,664 $1,664
Estimated Total $25,786 $27,450 $21,882
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<p>Seth, your numbers are WAY off. It looks like you were not including room/board in your cost estimates. </p>
<p>Here is my suggestion. Figure out the least expensive way to get your bachelors degree. Then get a job, and save some money. Then apply to,law school…whic will cost you more than $18,000 a year instate…which is likely ONLY the cost of tuition.</p>
<p>Also, the special circumstances you note on your other thread didn’t just happen yesterday. If there were significant expenses associated with them in 2014, then they were at LEAST going on for that year. I ate to be blunt, but your college application list needed to consider total costs from the get go. </p>
<p>UTenn Law School’s COA</p>
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In-State<br>
Tuition $16,078<br>
Fees 2,884<br>
Room & Board 12,008<br>
Books 1,960<br>
Transportation 1,664<br>
Miscellaneous 4,384<br>
TOTAL $38,978<br>
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<p>Ok so how much am i looking at with scholarships? and the special circumstances have been throughout my life if that helps you with anything. If i need private loans i am willing to do that but i want at least 2/3 degrees without any gap in between.</p>
<p>Ut’s costs are still somewhat in range so i am still seeing cc>UT then cut Law for now</p>
<p>There are few scholarships for law school, so you can’t count on that. Some are given to low income students or URMs or other hooked students.</p>
<p>Transfers from CC’s don’t get much/any merit either. IF you go to a CC first, don’t expect any merit for those last two years. You might get a couple thousand, but not likely more.</p>
<p>Your best bet for merit is to find a 4 year university that will offer you a lot of merit right off the bat.</p>
<p>Do you qualify for HOPE in Tenn? Would Middle Tenn give you merit? Check their scholarship page.</p>
<p>I do qualify for Hope but that truly isn’t much i am not sure about minority scholarships as well. I have a decent amount of French and Asian blood in me as well as being LGBT</p>
<p>Also just wanted to say thank you for all the help :)</p>
<p>Also, some have reported that some law schools give scholarships that require a GPA threshold to renew, but set grading curves significantly lower than that threshold to cause most of the scholarship students to lose the scholarships.</p>
<p>Seth, thumper1 and mom2ck are trying to infuse reality about costs into your thinking. mom2ck is absolutely right about finding enough merit at a 4 year university that makes that the best (lowest cost) option for you. </p>
<p>You need to very carefully study the TN Hope and other scholarship info (web site easy to find via google). Go over all the details and check with your GC to make sure you understand what you will be eligible for. Maybe GC has some insight into your ‘special circumstances’ that can guide you to scholarships to apply for.</p>
<p>Look at all your in-state options which will possibly have you eligible for school scholarship in addition to TN Hope and apply early to be considered for their scholarships (not application deadline but scholarship deadline - I know smart kids that overlooked that detail and lost out on major $$). mom2ck suggested Middle TN State Univ because that might offer you merit $$ and offers what you are looking for to study/major in. </p>
<p>Local CCollege might be lower cost for 2 years, but going to last 2 years of bachelor’s degree with little or no merit/scholarship - overall cost most likely will be lower having 4 year merit/scholarship at university. At 4 year university you can have all your courses count towards degree w/o losing credits on things that may not transfer.</p>
<p>As I said, if housing is taken out of the equation, you might have some lower cost options as housing is a major cost for college students.</p>
<p>Once you finalize the process, there may be some classes (AP, IB, or CLEP) that can count toward your degree. If you study some of your state school AP and CLEP listings on what they accept, perhaps you can work on some of that (senior classes, independent studying for CLEP).</p>
<p>Seth, I really hope you understand better the whole merit process. The financial aid area is a whole other thing. As thumper1 said, you really want to finish your undergrad the least expensive way. When you are a junior in college, you will have a better idea of your career direction and future education needs. It may be that you have to be more realistic about the money situation and not borrow your way into a hole that you are spending your entire life paying student loans (there is a lot of info out there about the ‘student loan crisis’). Take things one step at a time.</p>
<p>Being French and Asian won’t likely lead to any merit. Merit for ethnicity-sake is usually given to URMs.</p>
<p>Well i am sure that this will eventually work out. Thanks for everyone’s help!!</p>