Hey everyone! I am a georgia resident and high school senior. UGA is my first choice school, but it is very competitive, so I am not sure that I will get in. In the case that I don’t get in, FSU would be my most likely second choice. However, the cost of OOS tuition does bother me. I am trying to figure out how likely I would be to receive any money from FSU and around how much. Thanks in advance for your responses, any new knowledge helps!
Here is my academic background.
Unweighted/ Weighted GPA: 3.33 / 3.85
Class rank: Unknown(school does not rank)Estimated top 20%
SAT: 1990
Senior Course Load: AP Psych, AP Econ, AP Stat, “College English” from Georgia Perimeter College, Astronomy, Speech/Debate
AP Courses: 7 by the end of this year
AP Classes:
AP World:4
AP Physics:3
AP Chemistry:2
AP Lang:5
AP Psychology:TBD
AP Economics:TBD
AP Statistics:TBD
Extracurriculars:
2 year Varsity Football
4 year Varsity Golf
4 years of Young Mens Service League(1 year vice pres)
Bronze Presidential Service Award(100 hrs)
Part time job
Work as councilor at week long camp for special needs children (2 times)
I apologize for any inaccuracies ahead of time as I am not well rehearsed in UGA or FSU, so take what I say with a grain of salt. Your APs are satisfactory (but could be better), your GPA and SAT are both a little bit subpar, and your extracurriculars are great and probably the standout for your application. Based off that, I’d say you’d have a 25% chance of attaining a scholarship, which you could raise by 25% if you bump up your GPA and other scores. Remember that I do not know the requirements for those colleges very well, so don’t overvalue what I said.
The school’s website will state whether it gives need-based FA to OOS students.
Your GPA & scores are unlikely to garner merit money.
His test scores qualify for honors college - not sure what minimum GPA is.
Getting admitted into the honors college is not the same thing a getting merit money. Merit money is a recruiting tool to attract very high stats applicants. The very high stats help bring up the average for the school.
@GMTplus7 FSU gives academic merit (about $10k spread over 4 years) which might be possible. Not familiar how they work with OOS to bring cost down.
Bump. I know that FSU does offer an out of state waiver, but the website does not state any necessary SAT/GPA, so I am trying to figure out how likely my stats are to get either the half-tuition or the out of state tuition waiver. Has anyone received either of these?
How interested would you be in UAlabama, USF Main Campus, Wabash, Hampden Sydney, USC?
@MYOS1634 I am a little interested in Alabama, although my parents are not a fan of the overall reputation. USC is another school I will be applying to, but the rest I have not considered.