Is it possible to get full ride scholarships to colleges being an out of state student. I am an African-American about to undertake my senior year in highschool. What are best colleges for the best scholarships?
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Most OOS putbic colleges will not give full rides at all. So you have to seek out the ones that do and there will not be many.
Merit scholarships will depend on your gpa and your SAT/ACT.
Basic need based aid will depend on your family income and assets.
If you are very low income you may get everything covered from private schools. For private schools it doesn’t matter if you are instate or not. As a matter of fact, some like to draw kids from farther away as they get plenty of close ones.
In order to get a full ride, you must be able to do some or allof the following
throw long,
Have a good rushing game
probably a good defensive game
a killer 3 point or half court shot.
In other words, unless you are a highly recruited D1 athlete going to a D1 school, it is highly unlikely that you are going to get a full ride from an OOS school.
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I am an African American student, and I try my best in school. Although I am not the brightest, I have high expections. I also want to please my parents. I have a 3.76 GPA ( my school hasn't updated it yet) and have taken a lot of AP classes, I recently took my SAT. What are my changes of getting full ride scholarships, and what colleges would offer them?
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I live in Texas, would it be possible to maybe even get into Stanford.
I am going into my senior year and I am scared about the future because my parents do not have money for a university and I have siblings.
How should I go about this dilemma
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Well, once you have SAT and ACT scores we can better advise.
Chances for Stanford will depend on you SAT or ACT score.
Is your family low income or do they have a good income, but not enough to pay for college?
Do you have a non-custodial parent?
http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com/
This should get you started.
No as of the moment they both have custody.
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I should have been more clear in my question. Do you have one parent that you live with and another parent that lives elsewhere. It doesn’t matter if they “share” custody. The NCP is the parent that you don’t live with.
I live with my dad right now but it is because my mom had to go elsewhere to work, but she comes back. Like for instant she is home right now. I have see. Scholarship offers of your parents make lower than a certain amount, if my parents make just a couple thousand over that, and I have 2 younger siblings, will they take that into account?
Some scholarships, and their amounts, are purely merit-based, so that your family finances are irrelevant. However, if you would also receive need-based financial aid, the merit scholarships may replace some of the need-based aid – often starting with the loans and work-study components of the need-based aid (but not always – check with each school).
Some schools, like Stanford, only give need-based aid, though students may receive merit scholarships from outside organizations.
Some scholarships, or their amounts, may be based on both merit and need.
Clueless…your parents are married. Mom2 was wondering if they were divorced or legally separated.
Are either of your parents married to other people? If so, then their new spouses’ incomes and assets count as well.
Have you asked your parents how much they’ll pay each year?
What are your stats.
Looking into automatic full rides and tuition may be your best bet; otherwise it would be somewhat random. Even with better stats, you may not be invited
No neither of my parents are married to other people.
No I haven’t really asked what they’ll pay, I am positive it’s not a lot though.
i have a list of automatic full rides here, some might be outdated (as in they dont offer them at all) though but I think probably only a few
Troy University: 3.7 GPA, 32 ACT
Tuskegee University: 3.7 GPA, 29 ACT
Alabama State: 3.76 GPA, 26 ACT
University of Arkansas at Monticello: 3.0 GPA, 30 ACT
Howard University: 3.5 GPA, 32 ACT
Louisiana Tech: 3.0 GPA, 32 ACT
North Carolina Central: 3.5 GPA, 29 ACT
Prarie View A&M: 3.5 GPA, 26 ACT
Jackson State: 3.5 GPA, 27 ACT
Newberry College: 3.5 GPA, 32 ACT