Okay, the title is to compel engagement but I am very conflicted. I am a graduating senior class president, president of multiple clubs, track athlete and business owner. I would consider myself fairly ambitious. I had my entire life planned out: Get into uni full ride, Graduate top of my class, simultaneously scale my business, get into T14 law school, big law, invest into my own firm. But reality hit me and unfortunately was not offered a full ride. I have been waitlisted from all of the uni’s I thought I would get into on a good scholarship (W&M, Syracuse, Davidson, Emory,) leaving my safety school, which I committed to, JMU. I contacted JMU financial aid asking for more aid however it seems they only gift institutional aid to the top of the top students. My family is low income so tuition is covered but i am still left with dorm and meal plan fees costing around 10k yearly. My mom is currently unemployed and my dad is lowkey a dead beat. I was so dependent on getting a full ride from privet uni’s since most cover low income families but i got rejected from all ivy’s and waitlisted from the others :( . I have outside scholarships covering half of housing and meal plan but I am not sure how that will translate for the next 3 years. I can always apply to more scholarships but winning them is tricky. I applied to 15 and received 3 which i am so blessed to say. However, I know that i will need a substantial amount more to cover the rest of the fees. I refuse to have undergrad debt because I want to go to a top 14 law school (Specifically columbia law) but I am aware of finances and UVA law might be more reasonable. So my next plan is cc, pray-fully get a high paying sales job, scale my business, get my own apartment, invest, internships, transfer to UVA. My mom told me to go to JMU and try my best to use her low income
benefits+scholarships to try and cover everything but idk. I want the college experience, getting away, and more but the amount of money i would be able to save…I am reconsidering. What should I do??
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Okay, the title is to compel engagement but I am very conflicted. I am a graduating senior class president, president of multiple clubs, track athlete and business owner. I would consider myself fairly ambitious. I had my entire life planned out: Get into uni full ride, Graduate top of my class, simultaneously scale my business, get into T14 law school, big law, invest into my own firm. But reality hit me and unfortunately was not offered a full ride. I have been waitlisted from all of the uni’s I thought I would get into on a good scholarship (W&M, Syracuse, Davidson, Emory,) leaving my safety school, which I committed to, JMU. I contacted JMU financial aid asking for more aid however it seems they only gift institutional aid to the top of the top students. My family is low income so tuition is covered but i am still left with dorm and meal plan fees costing around 10k yearly. My mom is currently unemployed and my dad is lowkey a dead beat. I was so dependent on getting a full ride from privet uni’s since most cover low income families but i got rejected from all ivy’s and waitlisted from the others :( . I have outside scholarships covering half of housing and meal plan but I am not sure how that will translate for the next 3 years. I can always apply to more scholarships but winning them is tricky. I applied to 15 and received 3 which i am so blessed to say. However, I know that i will need a substantial amount more to cover the rest of the fees. I refuse to have undergrad debt because I want to go to a top 14 law school (Specifically columbia law) but I am aware of finances and UVA law might be more reasonable. So my next plan is cc, pray-fully get a high paying sales job, scale my business, get my own apartment, invest, internships, transfer to UVA. My mom told me to go to JMU and try my best to use her low income
benefits+scholarships to try and cover everything but idk. I want the college experience, getting away, and more but the amount of money i would be able to save…I am reconsidering. What should I do??