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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Looking for recommendation for a relative of mine who is a senior this year. His mom is disabled (had a stroke), dad is divorced and not paying child support. So, FAFSA will just be mom's income which is social security disability (so almost nothing).

He lives in New England, currently full-ride to small private high school. Will graduate with a high GPA, class president, multi-sport athlete, and just a great kid. He got a 1390 on SAT but wants to retake it and likely will get a little higher. He wants to study engineering or astrophysics, and will need a school that gives excellent aid, ideally meeting full need covering housing and some expenses like books or travel.

He's aiming really high like MIT and UChicago, but I think those are reaches. I would love to suggest some schools that provide really good financial aid and that he's likely to get into.

What suggestions do you all have? This is a really great family and I would love to point them in some good directions.[/quote]

1390 is too low for MIT /ivies/UChicago. Even if he gets in, which is highly unlikely,  he will struggle in engineering considering his scores will make him bottom 15% compared to engineering peers. Read the data on what these schools such as cornell have said regarding academic probation for those with lower SAT scores. You can google for a list of meets-full-need colleges , then look for onew with Engineering. With those scores, aiming for physics or engineering which are notoriously difficult, he likely needs a school in the T50-75 range so he will be better matched with peers and in a place better[/quote]

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