<p>The kids all seem to think that their own state schools are more of the same as high school! We have a highly rated state flagship that neither D was or is interested in attending. In our case, though, at UIUC, there is such a small percentage of out-of-staters that maybe the kids are right.</p>
<p>I was going to suggest the SUNY schools too. Supposedly the OOS tuition is a good deal less than other OOS state schools. They would definitely have a school that would fit for your daughter. I think Hudsonvalley51 had a good suggestion with Albany.</p>
<p>Wisconson is a really good value. I think it’s only around 20K for OOS and it’s a great school.</p>
<p>I would have mentioned Minnesota and the SUNY system, but others beat me to it.</p>
<p>SUNY OOS tuition is still a relative bargain despite the recent 20% increase. For example, Binghamton will charge $14,668 in tuition and fees for OOS students in 2009-2010. Other SUNY schools are comparable - tuition is the same at any of them, and fees only vary by a few hundred dollars per year from campus to campus.</p>
<p>International tuition in Canada is often cheaper than OOS tuition in another US state. For example, tuition for 2009-2010 at McGill starts at $13,965 Canadian plus an additional $1,500 Canadian in ancillary fees. This is only $12,513 US at today’s exchange rate. Some programs recently increased their tuition by several thousand dollars in addition to this amount. They still might be relative bargains. Besides, many US universities have differential tuition depending on the program of study. McGill might be a reach for the OP, but there are other Canadian universities with reasonable international tuition.</p>
<p>Older D graduated from the journalism school at UGA. Great school. I’ve met many of her friends (also graduates) and I’m impressed by their skill level.</p>
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<p>UIUC is heavily Greek and is socially conservative and mainstream. It’s unfortunate that an Illinois resident who isn’t comfortable with this environment has to pay OOS tuition or private university tuition. There are large numbers of Illinois residents who go OOS. At Wisconsin, over 8% of incoming first-year students are Illinois residents.</p>
<p>Hudson,
Thanks for the U of Albany suggestion! It looks like the right size. She wants a school with weather!!! And it has club rowing!! She is a rower but she is a little short to be a Division I,II rower. We will definitely visit.</p>
<p>Hands down your best bet for journalism + out of state is Mizzou (University of Missouri-Columbia)</p>
<p>How tall is she? Not everybody rowing D1 is a giant…</p>
<p>Florida State University is only 12k a year. Also housing & cost of living are good as well.</p>
<p>My son just turned down a half tuition scholarship based solely on ACT/SAT for out of state at Montana State University. It made it very reasonable! I don’t know about their J school but they have some excellent programs, are very personal for a state U and have the most stunning location…you can see the mountains from your dorm window. Bozeman is also a really cool town. I sort of wish he hadn’t turned it down since it was by far our most cost effective option.</p>
<p>eireann,
DD is 5 ft 4 inches. A little short for a varsity college rower.</p>
<p>NEValu-We loved our visit to MSU and S also turned down OOS merit $ there (yes, soley SAT/ACT based). We would have been very happy had he chosen to attend.</p>
<p>A lot of state schools give oos scholarships that make the tuition equal to in-state and they do it mostly on the SAT/ACT. Need to focus on test prep, even if she does it on her own. Search the forums for the ziggy method if you don’t want to use a test prep company. . The target # seems to be 30 on the ACT and 1300 on the old 2 score basis for SAT. Not sure about the 3 part score cut off.</p>
<p>I REALLY want to go out-of-state (nyc, chicago, new orleans, or miami) but all the tuitions at all the colleges that I’m looking at are really expensive.</p>
<p>I just don’t think it’s fair that just because you’re born in a state, you pretty much have to go to a college in that state if you don’t want to be in debt (in MOST cases, not all…)</p>
<p>Anyway, I’m just going to try to apply for tons of scholarships and work hard my senior yr doing volunteering, ec’s, and raise my gpa a little more to see if it’ll help me get a few thousand dollars more.</p>
<p>Damon, spend some time getting to know how FA works in general. Estimate your EFC now and find out what you’ll be eligible for in state/federal grants and loans. Find out how much your family can contribute and start saving money now. Research the aid schools offer in relation to your stats and apply to schools likely to offer you merit money. I know the NY publics offer merit scholarships.</p>
<p>As a previous poster pointed out U of Ill. has a pretty smallish OOS population. I’d guess Albany would be the same. Back when she was looking DD wanted weather too (warmer the better), and a fairly large OOS population. So places like UIUC and U of Florida were out and schools with OOS % of UNC and higher were in.</p>
<p>Maybe have your D look into taking the ACT?</p>
<p>Take3–my liberal, left-leaning, free-thinking son didn’t have any trouble fitting in at UIUC–and they gave nice scholarships to make tuition the same as instate.</p>
<p>But being a CS student, he was undoubtedly in a group with its own subculture…</p>
<p>Ball State in Iowa, Broadcast/Media Studies program. That’s my thought for the journalism hopeful who wanted to study OOS. </p>
<p>T.V. host, comedian, and Ball State alumnus David Letterman donated a huge sum for the state-of-the-art building. The program opened around 2 years ago.</p>
<p>Perhaps there are merit scholarships for those keenly interested in broadcast journalism.
It’s new on the scene, so not many think of it.</p>
<p>Good for David Letterman for paying it forward.</p>
<p>Paying3T, Ball State is in Indiana.</p>