<p>Hi I haven't really put much though about where I want to go. I have a 3.5 UWGPA and a 4.0 WGPA at a competitive public high school with a tough course load. 32 ACT with 750+ SAT II in chemistry and math level 2. My EFC is too high to receive financial aid. I am looking for help to narrow down a list of schools to visit and apply to. I am interested in economics or business.</p>
<p>Can you and your family pay list price anywhere (up to about $60,000 per year)? If not, but your EFC is effectively list price anywhere, then you are looking for colleges which have lower list prices, or aiming for merit scholarships that bring the cost down at the most expensive schools.</p>
<p>Your state of residency will determine which of the public schools will be expensive or inexpensive. Some, like Minnesota, are relatively low cost even for out of state students.</p>
<p>My family can afford list price but merit aid would obviously be appreciated.</p>
<p>Be more specific about what you want.
Which areas would you prefer?
What size school?
What type of culture?
Anything?</p>
<p>I’m from New Jersey but I’m fine with any area in the country. But I do not like schools in the middle of large cities (NYU) and would rather be in a college town for 4 years. I prefer big schools to LAC size schools. I work hard but at the same time I am laid back and would like to attend a school that is not so cut throat.</p>
<p>Michigan - reachy and as OOS you’ll see no aid beyond loans
Indiana - Bloomington - used to//may still have automatic scholarships for certain GPA/Score levels even for OOS. Good college town, very good undergrad BSchool.</p>
<p>Alabama?
You’d get free tuition, and campus culture is pretty awesome.</p>
<p>UT Austin
Large size, unparallelled atmosphere, great business school, somewhat affordable</p>
<p>I second Alabama.</p>
<p>[Out-of-State</a> Scholarships - Undergraduate Scholarships - The University of Alabama](<a href=“http://scholarships.ua.edu/types/out_of_state.html]Out-of-State”>http://scholarships.ua.edu/types/out_of_state.html)</p>
<p>If you keep your GPA above 3.5 you’d be a presidential scholar. Pretty sweet deal, not to mention that Tuscaloosa is the epitome of a college town.</p>
<p>I’ll keep Alabama in mind. Any other schools regardless of cost?</p>
<p>Every school in the Big Ten except NU. U MN and tOSU are located in decent sized cities.</p>
<p>I would probably get the list of FBS schools, identify those that sound interesting, get the Fiske Guide and read about them. You would probably be accepted at all but a handful of FBS schools. Most will have business.</p>
<p>I have read about Michigan and I think I will like it. But I don’t know if I can get in.</p>
<p>Miami of Ohio has a great business school and your stats give you merit aid. Great college town and seems to draw from the east coast.</p>
<p>Take a look a the thread on schools with good merit aid and work from there…</p>
<p>some states are very stingy about you relocating your permanent residency for year two tuition and beyond - others are awesome about it…that can be a Huge factor…</p>
<p>the type of business environment that is encouraged also makes a difference. Entrepreneurialism VS Corporate</p>
<p>University of Utah is known to be Very easy to transfer residency - they routinely help students accomplish this. It has a Strong focus on Entrepreneurialism, is on the outskirts of Salt Lake City, 18,000 undergrads yet if you can get into their Honors College, you will have No classes over 40 students and qualify for the Living Learning Community w/ other achievement focused students and get into ‘think tanks’, etc.</p>
<p>World class skiing is only 20 minutes away and all the dorms are from the 2002 Winter Olympics - strong school spirit - a nationally ranked Performing Arts program and is a fairly Liberal school (So I have heard - we researched this pretty thoroughly while our son was looking at this school)</p>
<p>which ever you choose, remember the Most important factor for success is finding a fit for you - good luck and enjoy!</p>