D2 is a good student who wants to ultimately study Physical Therapy. She has been pretty definite about the qualities she was looking for in a university and settled on Ohio University as the school that best met her needs. She applied in late September and has been accepted as a pre-Exercise Physiology major. She had originally chosen 3 other schools to apply to Miami University, Ohio State University and Purdue University. Since receiving her acceptance she has asked me if she can just not apply to any of the other schools. The only other school I am requiring her to apply to is Wright State University as it is a guaranteed financial safety if not a true safety (she really does not want to attend there) as it's in the city we live in and the guaranteed scholarships would make it something we could afford without loans. She would have to major in biology and they have no dance program other than a BFA. She really wants to continue dancing which is one of the strengths of OU offerings.
I guess my question is whether or not I should require her to apply to more schools? The question will be scholarships and financial aid. She has a 4.43 W GPA with 9 AP courses including AP Chem, AP Calc BC, and AP Bio and AP Psychology all of which will be of use to her in her major. She has a 33 ACT. She should be in the top 5% of OU's incoming class. Our EFC is expected to be around $6-$7k with 2 kids in college (our oldest D attends Purdue). I say expected as we are self employed and those numbers can change from year to year. We have enough in saving and earnings to cover the EFC. My concern is that by relying on her current acceptance and Wright State her choices will be the school she most prefers and a school she doesn't want to attend. While the chance of financial aid at the other schools would likely not be much better than OU it would give her more chances and options. I am just curious as to others thoughts.
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