<p>I think to get good aid as a OOS public student you need to be in the top 25%, or perhaps higher, of students applying to that school.</p>
<p>Many High ranking publics see OOS as a way to raise money and don’t offer much aid to them. Univ of Colorado, and Univ of Washington among others are famous for that.</p>
<p>The lower your ACT scores the lower down the ranking you will have to go to find good aid.</p>
<p>My sons had scores of 32 on the ACT and had great aid offers in both need grants and merit scholarships from these publics:</p>
<p>Univ of Arizona
Univ of Wyoming
Oregon State Univ
Univ of Utah</p>
<p>The rest were private schools they applied to and several of these also had solid aid packages.</p>