How hard is it to get into a state school if you're not from that state?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm a senior from RI and I don't want to go to URI, but I doubt I'll have the money to go to a first tier school if I got in, so I was wondering if any of you guys knew how hard it was to get into some of the better state schools.
Here's a list of potentials:
UVA, UNC (chapel hill), UCLA, UMich-Ann Arbor, College of William and Mary, UMass Amherst, UConn, and I'm up for suggestions too.</p>

<p>I have a 93/100 gpa unweighted, 8 APs (all other honors classes).
2030 on the SATs, not superscored.
670, 680, 720 SAT IIs (math II, chemistry, spanish)
4, 4, 4 APs (eng. language, spanish language, chemistry)
Currently enrolled in AP physics, computer science, calculus BC, literature, government.
Pretty good ec's.<br>
Hooks- adopted from china? (i don't even know if that's a hook haha)</p>

<p>Advice anyone?</p>

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<p>help??? i really need advice and suggestions to add to my list because i seriously can’t pay for these amazing schools:(.</p>

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<p>UVA, UNC, and UMich seem like reachable reaches for you.
UCLA would be a reach.
I don’t know about the rest…
but if you’re not from state, state schools are still gonna be pretty expensive. i’m from california so all the UC’s for me are like…8 grand, but for out-of-state kids it’s like 30+ grand</p>

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<p>I know, but I feel that it would be cheaper than 55 k a year at like GW or NYU, i don’t know, i could be wrong.<br>
thanks, ilovepandapanda, i don’t think i’m actually considering UCLA (it’s too far from home), but the others sound nice. </p>

<p>are those schools good for premed?</p>

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<p>The 30k for UCs is tuition, actual COA is almost 51k/yr:</p>

<p><a href=“http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/general.asp?id=26[/url]”>http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/general.asp?id=26&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>COA for UMich is running about 45k/yr for OOS. Go to the websites, all of the information is there. The only state schools that give 100% of need to OOS students are UVA & UNC-CH.</p>

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<p>AHA whatever, i am so stressing about this nonsense.<br>
entomom, do you have any suggestions for schools with either great financial aid or cheap tuition that i could get into w/my credentials??</p>

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<p>The application period for UCLA has closed for Fall 2010 freshman admissions, so you would not be able to apply until next year (2011) anyway.</p>

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<p>W&M and UVA would both be reaches for an OOS student with those stats. As you said, a school with great merit aid (I assume you’re in the financial location between getting need-based aid and being able to pay?) be it public or private may be best. It may not be ranked as high, but your scores should be high enough to get you some good aid at a decent school that is right for you. Now to figure out what those schools are…</p>

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<p>OP, i think you’re looking at tuition costs the wrong way. I’m fairly sure that state schools dont give a lot of aid to OOS kids, except for UVA and UNC (apparently, thats what an above poster said). The top tier private schools are the ones where you dont have to worry if they’ll cover your need, they cover 100% of need or close to that most of the time. GW and NYU are two schools notorious for not dishing out aid, but most private schools in and above that tier give lots of aid. The Ivies, for example cover 100% of need I believe.</p>

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<p>bump bump?? help!!</p>

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<p>For cheap tuition for OOS look at the SUNYs or U Minn(?). As an OOS student you won’t get any FA (that is reserved for IS students except for the very exclusive ones like UVA). Also you might think you would LIKE FA but your EFC might be very high. Have you checked that?</p>

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<p>Congratulations on some great stats! The first 5 schools on your list are very tough admits for OOS, and quite expensive as well. You’re qualified for admission, but they attract many OOS applicants each year. I think that only 18 percent are from OOS at UNC, and I can’t imagine what the number is at UCLA, where so many CA students want to go.</p>

<p>UVA and W & M have more OOS students - 35 percent of undergrads. But they offer very little merit aid, and reserve their finaid for instate student needs first (which means there’s pretty much nothing left for OOSers).</p>

<p>I think you could get a great pre-med education at UConn if you’re committed to making it happen. The school has poured a lot of money into its sciences recently. But there are challenges associated with going to a large state school (registration especially).</p>

<p>Is University of Vermont someplace you’d consider? I know several happy kids there.</p>

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<p>Oh, yeah I was thinking about UVM too! I forgot to put that on my list, tons of kids from my school applied and are just receiving their acceptances and are super happy, so yah it’s on my list. Thanks for the advice, hopefully I’ll get in to either UVA or W&M!</p>

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<p>bump bump help</p>

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<p>UMich is $50k per year for OOS students, so that’s no bargain.</p>

<p>I think that the only state school that gives aid to OOS students is UVa…but that’s a hard school to get into from OOS without high stats.</p>

<p>FYI…here’s the COA for various OOS publics…</p>

<p>COA per year for OOS students , State University </p>

<p>$25,787, U MINNESOTA
$31,775 U ALABAMA
$31,872, VIRGINIA TECH
$34,812, U IOWA
$35,029, U WISCONSIN
$36,210, OHIO STATE
$35,311, U N CAROLINA
$40,086, U GEORGIA
$36,977, RUTGERS
$34,696, TEXAS A&M
$34,922, U DELAWARE
$36,094, U FLORIDA
$32,752, U PITTSBURGH
$37,416, U MARYLAND
$36,985, U WASHINGTON
$37,548, CLEMSON
$36,848, PURDUE
$39,146, U CONNECTICUT
$38,120, GEORGIA TECH
$40,130, U ILLINOIS
$39,510, PENN STATE
$37,644, INDIANA U
$38,566, MICHIGAN ST
$48,041, UC IRVINE
$49,193, UCLA
$50,306, UC BERKELEY
$38,974, WILLIAM & MARY
$43,742, U TEXAS
$49,926, UC S BARBARA
$46,699, UC SAN DIEGO
$48,049, UC DAVIS
$39,483, UC S CRUZ
$42,570, U VIRGINIA
$47,188, U MICHIGAN</p>

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<p>wow, thanks!! maybe i’m going at this wrong, do you have suggestions?</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>Look at the SUNY schools. Binghamton, Stony Brook, and Buffalo are all fairly well-regarded. Geneseo is too if you are interested in a small, liberal-arts school.</p>

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<p>U Wisconsin Madison is selective and takes a lot of OOS.
UConn and U Maryland College Park are also selective and take a lot of OOS. UNC and UVA are tough if you aren’t an athletic recruit for OOS.
I wouldn’t consider any of the UC’s or UMich for OOS. They are just too expensive, unless you can get some aid.
UCONN has 1/2 tuition scholarships for top 10% and 1400 SAT. UMaryland Colllege Park is a great school and a train ride away from DC. UConn has a median SAT of 1200 for AS and 1268 for Engineering. They also have an honors college, which has nice perks.
Anyway, I’d like my daughter to apply to these schools next year.</p>

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<p>thanks marymac!! this is helpful</p>