<p>You need to talk to the Admissions Office at USF as to what constitutes a transfer student. It can differ from school to school. You should ask about how you will be considered for financial aid purposes due to your prior credits, and yes, your age, as you are a non traditional student. </p>
<p>Go to <a href=“http://www.commondata.com”>www.commondata.com</a> and look at the Money Matters for your college and you will see what % of the students at USF get financial and merit aid. You can click on the NPC for them on that site as well.</p>
<p>But you also need to know how much need you have by federal/college standards, so you look up the FAFSA EFC estimator and run your financial numbers though that. The FAFSA is the application you have to complete for financial aid. It generates what is called the EFC (expected family contribution) which is usually the minimum you have to pay before you are eligible for federal funds. The COA (cost of attendance) of a school minus your EFC is what equals your need as defined by federal methodology. An EFC of about $5600 (?) or so quailifies you to some PELL money. You need a zero EFC to get the max PELL grant of $5700 of a year.</p>
<p>Bottom line, USF does not generally meet full need for its students, so the chances of you getting your full need met is low. Especially when it comes to large amounts of money which is what you are seeking. A lot of those in the statistics getting full need met, by the way, are those who are commuters, who have low need, that can be met by entitlements. My take on this is that your chances of getting $25K a year from FSU is about zilch. </p>
<p>How are making ends meet now? Where are you living? Who’s paying for your expenses like housing, food, transportation, utilities, phone, etc right now? </p>