Hey everyone! I’m looking for stories or anecdotes of school, state or public, that provided aid for students who received a 3.4 unweighted and a 1030 SAT. Obviously, I’m not expecting to see ultra-competitive, prestigious schools, just some nice, respectable colleges that are perhaps under my radar. Thanks!
Probably lots will offer some. What part of the country are you in? I know in the Midwest, many have automatic merit charts so you’d just have to check some out. For example, at my DD’19’s school, a directional public, those stats would get $1000 merit and if out of state, 50% off the OOS tuition difference. At my alma mater, a small Midwest private, they would give $4000 for those stats ($18,000 tuition to start with). I think they’re both nice & respectable 
Have you looked at some of the smaller publics in your area?
That’s a great point. I need to check the public school charts. Thanks for the reminder.
University of New Mexico has the LUE (Lobo Undergraduate Exchange) Scholarship and the LUE PLUS.
LUE requires a 2.8 Cumulative GPA OR 18 ACT (960 SAT)
LUE gives OOS student 1.5X in-state tuition rates (approx value $12, 230/year)
LUE PLUS requires a 3.0 Cumulative GPA OR 20 ACT (1030 SAT)
LUE PLUS gives OOS students the in-state tuition rate ( approx value is $15,500/year)
http://go.unm.edu/scholarships/lue.html
UNM’s in-state tuition & fees = $8,863.00/year
Student needs to apply to UNM no later than December 1. The application is simple & straight forward. No essays required.
From your other threads it sounds like you’re a high school sophomore who will need financial aid. Have you tried the ACT? If you can get your scores up you’ll have a better chance of getting some aid.
I know you said “state or public “ but I suggest you run the net price calculator for some small private colleges. Many will offer you grants and scholarships (yes, with your 3.4 GPA). Ultimately it’s not about who’s offering money, but what the net cost is, since one place can offer a lot of financial aid but it’s useless if their sticker price is astronomical to begin with.
It’s my experience that, generally speaking, your in-state colleges will have the lowest net cost, and the next cheapest is “regional” small colleges, followed by out-of-state (OOS) public universities. The OOS public schools wind up being more expensive than small colleges (in terms of net cost) because most charge very high OOS tuition. That depends, of course, on your ability to pay. If you’re wealthy and your EFC is high, your net cost will be high at small private colleges. Also, there are some state universities whose OOS rates are not sky high, but not many.