<p>I believe Washington State is pretty desperate to get people out there, they have incentives for out of state students.</p>
<p>try applying to out of state private schools e.g. Lewis and Clark, Whitman or Rochester Institute of Technology…</p>
<p>AH!
…thanks mom2collegekids, but for right now, I think I’m going to stick to in-state & private colleges. There is just no way I can afford going OOS unless the school is very generous in aid.</p>
<p>thisisu, there is no significant difference in the amount of financial aid an in-state private school will give you versus a out of state private school. In fact, an out of state private school will probably give you more financial aid. Especially if you apply to a less popular state i.e. Oklahoma.</p>
<p>Thanks briangt! I’m looking into Vanderbilt and other OOS private colleges as well :)</p>
<p>thisisu,</p>
<p>Oh, I wasn’t posting that info so that you would apply to them. I was posting that info to show how expensive it is to go to an OOS public - since OOS publics typically cannot meet need.</p>
<p>thisisu…</p>
<p>If you’re going to look at OOS privates, look for ones that “meet 100% of need WITHOUT loans.” Vandy is one of those schools. I realize that some schools meet need with very small capped loans, but since no school can completely cover every small cost that faces a college student, it would be nice to reserve your use of loans to cover THOSE costs.</p>
<p>My nephew is at Vandy, and his roomie is on Full Aid, but he’ll tell you that there are still things that aren’t covered. So the roomie takes out a sub-loan Stafford to cover those costs He’ll graduate with about $10k in loans - not too bad.</p>
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<p>No, the UCs do not participate in the WUE program, but several CSUs and other CA schools do. There are two steps to looking for WUE schools: 1) go to the WUE website and see which schools participate; 2) go to the college website and get the details, as not all states have agreements (eg. UOregon is a WUE participant, but not for CA residents) and agreements are only for certain majors. Also, these are competitive opportunities, there are a certain number of WUE spots (that’s the way UOregon works anyway).</p>
<p>thisisu,
I’m glad you’re getting this figured out now, before applying! COA and FA are a real maze, so hopefully this will result in your having a realistic list of colleges that you’ll be able to afford. Best of luck!</p>
<p>Just to add to Mom2CK’s list, the COA for the SUNYs is about $27K for OOS.</p>
<p>Thank you all!
This has all helped me, and I am have resumed looking at OOS, but only the ones that can meet 100% of need, with the majority falling in grants, and few in loans.</p>
<p>And yes entomom, FinAid is a maze! But like you said, I think I have a better idea of it now, which will help me selecting colleges. </p>
<p>Although UCSD is my top college, I will apply to OOS as well and see where it all leads me.</p>