<p>Okay, so the out of state costs for Indiana University Bloomington are absolutely ridiculous. But IU is pretty much my dream school, and at this point I would do anything to be able to go there. Does Indiana University give out any scholoarships that can make it affordable?? It is around 45K and I need it more around 30K</p>
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ACT: 26
GPA unweighted: 3.63
GPA weighted: 3.89</p>
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<p>Your stats would have to be a LOT higher to get scholarships. IU isn’t going to give you any money. </p>
<p>Better find another dream.</p>
<p>What year are you in in high school? IU looks at weighted GPA. My S had 3.5 UW and 4.3 W with ACT 33 and received the highest level Dean’s award ($11k) and invited to honors college where he can apply for additional scholarships - so it is possible to get it to about $30 K. You need to pull up that test score mostly. </p>
<p>The student is a current senior. Unlikely going to pull up an ACT 26 to a 32+ in a month. </p>
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<p>They are not absolutely ridiculous. Your family doesn’t pay taxes there so you’re expected to pay the full cost. </p>
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I hope you’re looking at some in-state options which will be more affordable. There are some OOS options where you could get a discount: <a href=“Institutions | Midwest Student Exchange Program”>Institutions | Midwest Student Exchange Program;
<p>I did pull my ACT up to a 27</p>
<p>I think you need at least a 30 for your ACT. Have you already applied? My S received admission notice and scholarship info shortly after and honors college invitation shortly after scholarship info.</p>
<p>“up to a 27”</p>
<p>that is good, but it still is very average for IU. Their top 25% have an ACT 31+…IU is going to give its merit to those in that upper quartile.</p>
<p>Look at it this way, IU gets enough students from the middle quartiles (of which you’re in the middle of the middle quartiles), there is no reason for IU to offer merit to get more students whose stats are average for the school…it doesn’t help the school.</p>
<p>The point of scholarship is to get top-stats students to the school to help raise the school’s profile. Getting more “middle of the road” students just keeps that status quo. </p>
<p>If you need merit to make a school affordable, look at schools where an ACT 27 is considered strong.</p>
<p>Yes. I get exactly what you mean. I did apply to 2 backup schools, both academically and financially. However I wouldnt be as happy at them. If Im already into my backup schools, why not explore more schools that are a bit harder to get into. Is there any way I could find enough scholarship money off of random websites? University of Minnesota is a good school, and the tutition for out of state is 32K!!! 
I would most likely be average there too. But I need very little to no scholarship money to go there. My question is though, why is Indiana so pricey???</p>
<p>Indiana set tuition at an amount where they can still attract full pay OOS students who can help offset the lower cost charged to IN residents. IN is a little higher in this regard compared to most other Big Ten schools, but UMinn is the real exception in this regard with its low OOS tuition. OOS tuition/fees at UMinn are about $20.8k this year, $32k is the COA. There’s been talk of UMinn raising its OOS tuition.</p>
<p>Maybe you should look at schools with lower OOS tuition like West Virginia. What about Iowa State?</p>
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A better question is why do you still want to go there when you know it is so pricey? They price themselves according to the market.</p>
<p>IU isn’t pricey. UMinn is unusually low for an OOS flagship. </p>
<p>What are your back-up schools? And why do you think you’d be unhappy at them? Is it just because they aren’t IU? What is it about IU that you strongly prefer?</p>
<p>Backups are Mizzou and University of Iowa. And what I love about IU is 1. The campus is just absolutely beautiful. 2. The vibe I felt when I visited was unlike any other school. I really just loved the overall feeling of it. 3. Their chemistry department is great, I plan on being a chem major. 4. I loved Bloomington, it is a great college town. 5. The amount of diversity there is amazing, and they have so many organizations there that make it so amazing. 6. I like Big Ten Schools more than any, and I really like large schools, like 30000 plus</p>
<p>And these are following schools I applied to and why.
University of Iowa- backup
University of Missouri- backup
University of Illinois- it is quite a stretch with my scores, but since it is in state I can still go there if I am on the low end of their admission stats.
University of Minnesota- great school for chemistry, and incredibly cheap for out of state
University of Wisconsin Madison- Amazing for chemistry, and my counselor reccomended I apply there
Indiana University- Fell in love when I visited (dream school) My parents said I could apply to one school that was financially out of question just on case a financial miracle happens. I had to decide between Indiana, Purdue, or Michigan State</p>
I doubt OP is reading this thread anymore, but you can get a high scholarship from IU bloomington with a “low” GPA like 3.6UW-3.7, IF you have strong standardized scores and the toughest/very hard courseload.
I had a 3.65UW GPA when I applied there and they gave me a $11k scholarship as an OOS from California.
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oh please! IU didn’t give you that merit because of your GPA…you were given it for your high M+CR SAT…over 1500. Your SAT is much, much, much higher than the OP’s ACT.
Schools like IU want to raise their middle quartiles and that is with high test scores.
mom2college kids, I know you have a wealth of knowledge, and you post more than anyone. You have lots of info to impart. However, your tone and attitude needs lots to be desired. Perhaps your intelligent insights would be better utilized with less sarcasm and meanness. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down…
@BigPapiofthree
Well… you certainly withheld the “spoonful of sugar” in your post to me…lol 8-|
Telling a high stats student that his GPA was not the reason for his IU award is not “mean”…it’s simply the frank truth. The OP is long gone, and isn’t reading this thread. The high stats student got his award because his very high SAT score was highly desirable to IU.
It is important that those seeking merit awards understand that high GPA are a dime a dozen these days, and while colleges certainly want to see high GPAs, their merit is typically directed at mostly high test scores…because those are what boost their middle quartiles.
There is no reason why the OP or anyone who wants to give it a go to NOT apply to a school in hopes that something works out. However, the posts regarding the pricing of OOS publics is right on. You aren’t paying taxes, resident of that state, you pay a surcharge, and they charge what the market can bear. My son was longingly looking at UVA and UMich and we came to the conclusion that the extra cost for being a OOSer just wasn’t worth it for us. The chances of him getting enough merit money to make it worthwhile were smaller than what he felt was worth the time and costs of putting the schools on his final list, though I told him to go on ahead.
My older son applied to schools with sticker prices higher than we had set out to pay, and he just took those acceptances off the table if they did not come up with the money needed to bring them within range. And he did it without a second’s hesitation or thought. But if an acceptance without the funds is likely to make a person, and parents miserable, I don’t think it’s worth it. But all up to the applicant.
HIgh test scores are what most often get the merit awards. Mom2collegekids is absolutely right.