Are these colleges 100% needs met?

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Lehigh met 100 percent of my family’s need when I went there.

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USC’s net price calculator is at http://financialaid.usc.edu/undergraduates/prospective/net-price-calculator.html .

Using the assumptions in #16 (and 3 person household with 1 in college), the net price is $14,558 after subtracting $50,553 of grants from the list price of $65,111. The net price is expected to be made of $2,500 federal work study, $5,500 federal direct student loan, and $6,553 presumably from parents.

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With a 1490 SAT and the GPA conversion to 4.0, I strongly urge you to apply to Alabama and University of Mississippi (Ole Miss).

Bama is an easy application and guaranteed merit.

Has a recently expanded Engineering complex, research opportunities and co-ops.

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Thanks, already applied to Ole Miss. Might apply to Alabama later.

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The merit deadline at Alabama is 12-15. A ways out, but don’t lose track of it.

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Yes I am aware of the deadline. Thing is, both Ole Miss and Alabama are sureties, but Ole Miss has a non-resident COA which is $10000 less than Alabama ( 32k vs 42k ). Lets put in some more comparative figures -

Data Ole Miss Alabama

NRCOA 32k 42k
EA notification Dec 1 ?
Avg % need met 75% 58%
Min GPA for merit 3 3.5
OOS waiver w/merit Yes ?
Eng Ranking 170 105

Alabama is probably a better engineering school ( though I personally doubt these
absolute rankings after the top 20 or 30 ), but it just seems Ole Miss edges if on
all other counts, especially considering my situation.

Thanks.

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Lets go back to gpa. “But I know many of these big universities read 75% as higher than 3.”
Is he a top performer in his class and ranked high? Because they will look at the transcript, not just a calculated or re-calculated (WES) gpa and see the rigor and actual grades. They will know how to view grades from India. There are countries where down to an 80-something is considered excellent. You should see if the grading scale for his school can be included in the school report.

But, in the US, with (more or less, on the generous side,) 90-100 usually being an A, 80-89 being a B, 75 isn’t automatically translated to a 3.0. They will need to know what this means, in his hs, if possible.

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Though the system is percentage based, the board has the following point system at the back of the mark sheet,

90% 1
80% 2
70% 3
60% 4
50% 5
40% 6
…

Followed by …

Very Good 1,2
Satisfactory 3,4,5
Pass 6,7
Fail 8,9,10

One can interpret this as …

1: A+
2: A

3: A-/B+
4: B
5: B-/C+
…

Thanks for your comments.

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The above seems to show he’s in the Satisfactory category. If that chart is sent, they will look at it. You can’t assume a translation to A-/B+ grades. I apologize for bringing this up, but the concern is that you also have admissions safeties. The competition for the top schools will be tough.

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Satisfactory+, I would say. Problem with safeties is there is likely to be a large OOP.
Anyway, my original doubts regarding 100% needs met have been largely answered.
Bottom line, get into a top univ, OOP will be low, else high.

Thanks.

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but Ole Miss has a non-resident COA which is $10000 less than Alabama ( 32k vs 42k
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You’re not comparing apples with apples.

First of all, how much merit would each school give?

Sounds like Bama would give you free tuition, 2500 per year, a Pell Grant, a student loan. What would ole miss give?

Avg % of need met means nothing if the number isnt’ 100%. …their avg %.means nothing to an OOS student.

Alabama includes its priciest dorm choice in COA, which no one has to choose. You would need to compare apples with apples.

UFlorida does NOT meet 90% of need for OOS. It’s published 90% seems high since its student body is nearly all instate with low tuition and Bright Futures. UFlorida would not give your child much money at all. did you run the NPC???

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Alabama and Alabama Huntsville definitely on – I have done some more research since I posted here. Also Mississippi State. Thanks for your replies.