giving in-state tuiton vs. "scholarship"

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<p>Forgive me if this is a silly question...we are just getting started with all this.
In looking at the admission info for some public universities, in the academic scholarship info they list several specifically for non state residents. On initial reading, some don't look like much b/c the "advertised" value of the scholarship will say something like "value per year $500". However after reading through the paragraph of info, the last line might say something like "includes reduction of tuition to in-state tuition" or "includes significant tuition reduction". Seems to me this is where the big value is, yet its not included as part of the value of the scholarship, and you even have to read closely to not miss it. </p>

<p>So, if a public U charges a non-resident student and or athlete in-state tuition, is it not considered a "scholarship"? Do D1 coaches very often offer out-of-state athletes the in-state tuition..... without "using up" one of the athletic scholarships they might have to offer?
(on a side note, I've heard that at least one of these schools gives in-state tuition to marching band member??)</p>

<p>I'm also curious b/c there is a very good public school D1 in our state but they dont give scholarships in D's sport. (yet are still able to be quite competitive in their conference.) However b/c its in-state for us, other colleges would have a hard time coming close to the value, even with something like a 50% scholarship off of their out-of-state tuition.</p>

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<p>Interesting question. This issue came up for my son when recruited by an out of state public U that offers no athletic scholarships. The coach pursued the instate tuition angle with the administration, but they weren’t able to offer it. Not surprisingly, their roster appears to be entirely instate.</p>

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<p>We inquired about that at UT-Austin and were told they couldn’t do it. If I recall correctly, I think it did have to do with it counting against the team’s scholarships.</p>

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<p>D was offered an out-of-state tuition differential waiver at a Big 10 school - as I recall it was academic based and wouldn’t count against the team’s scholarship count</p>