I have never toured the UCs (Cal, UCLA, SD in particular), USC, and Harvey Mudd, but am interested in applying to them. They are far away and I don’t think I will be able to tour them. Do these schools care about if you visited them? I know they have a large amount of apps so doing this might help filter out ppl.
Additionally, do large school like UMich and UVA also look at demonstrated interest? I am very interested in these schools. I will tour them also, but want to know if these large public schools look at demonstrated interest and/or care about it.
PS, I am OOS for all these schools.
You can find out if demostrated interest is important at any school by googling cds followed by the school name.
Example:
cds mudd
The Common Data Set (CDS) will tell you all sorts of information about the school including whether it considers (and how strongly) demonstrated interest.
The UC’s don’t typically monitor interest because they have thousands of students coming through.
You are aware that the California public schools (UC’s & CSU’s) do not provide financial aid to OOS students?
UVA doesn’t track interest.
In general, publics do not track interest.
I am aware @“aunt bea” about the UCs, how about umich, uva, and gatech? Do they provide any FA?
As a general rule, publics are going to give very little aid to OOS students because they have a larger duty to the in-state students.
According to the Umich website, there is financial aid and then it appears that some departments offer scholarships. Poking around on the Umich page, it looks like some merit scholarships are available (I could be wrong).
UVA also seems to offer merit scholarships. Unsure on GA Tech.
Most schools, funded by the state and its taxpayers, are not going to give out much to OOS aid. UM, UVA and Georgia Tech are all public universities whose priority is resident students.
To find out what FA a school may offer, use the net price calculator on its web site. (Generally, do not expect much or anything from out-of-state public universities.)
@yonceonhismouth This is a bit off topic, but I was curious. I applied to more OOS schools than in state, and several of them gave me large scholarships, while the In state schools gave me very little, and some none at all, even when the net cost for all the schools was around the same. Do you think I just got lucky with the schools I chose, or is there more competition in state?
Re: #9
Depends on which schools you applied to (both in-state and out-of-state). While out-of-state public schools tend to have little or no financial aid, some offer large merit scholarships. The need-based aid and merit scholarship generosity of in-state public schools varies considerably; some states’ public schools are much better than those in other states.
Since the original post refers to California, the in-state need-based aid at public schools is generally good, but there is no out-of-state need-based aid. Merit scholarships do exist, but large ones are rare. Obviously, other states differ.