<p>what are your stats? to get merit, you need strong stats.</p>
<p>Your mom will not get counted as being in college for your calculation (parents dont count…and it sounds like she will graduate when you graduate from high school anyway). your twin will count. but it sounds like your EFC will still be high…and may soon be higher if mom will be making more money.</p>
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<p>No, mom only has one more year left…she’ll graduate when OP graduates…and parents in school do not count. parents can count kids, but kids cant count parents.</p>
<p>Clemson is quite expensive instate AND OOS, and you need very high stats to hopefully get stats down to your goal. </p>
<p>You almost need a full tuition scholarship to get your remaining costs down to your goal. Room, board, fees, travel, misc tends to run about $15-17k per year.</p>
<p>what is your major? career goal??</p>
<p>rule of thumb…you wont get need-based aid from OOS publics…your only hope is merit scholarships if your stats are high enough.</p>
<p>other schools may or may not give you need-based aid…depending on your family income and whether the school gives much aid…most schools do not give great aid.</p>