<p>I'm wondering if competitive out of state public schools have scholarships to help defray the huge amount of money they ask you to pay (which is usually as much as a private school!). I'm not eligible for financial aid, but are merit scholarships even possible at UWisconsin, UMichigan, UMinnesota, UNC-Chapel Hill, UCLA, UVA, etc? </p>
<p>(I'm from TX)</p>
<p>Minnesota might be different, but the other schools are quite hard to land merit money at from OOS (especially any UC school).</p>
<p>If you want to go to a large state university, your best bet is usually your own, especially when you have have a good one like UT-Austin.</p>
<p>Other people's state U's -- like Mich, UVA, UNC, etc. -- are hideously hard to get into from out of state and quite expensive compared to in-state tuition.</p>
<p>S was accepted last year to UMich OOS and offered 15,000/yr from LSA school there. They give out about 60 a year. There are other University wide scholarships, too (these are somewhat need-based, though, I think).</p>