<p>I was just wondering if my schedule for next year seems rigorous enough.</p>
<p>Dual Credit Chemistry (2 semesters)
Dual Credit U.S. History (2 Semesters)
Dual Credit Pre-Calculus
Dual Credit Calculus
Dual Credit Entrepreneurship
Honors English 11</p>
<p>My school only offers AP courses online and I do not think that these would prepare me for the AP exam so that is why my schedule is mainly dual credit.</p>
<p>I am wanting to go into Engineering and I am aiming to apply to schools such as UVA, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, and Duke.</p>
<p>I run XC and Track and I am involved in many clubs at my school.</p>
<p>Do you have AP Language credit already? If not, you need to take at least one more year of a foreign language. You can take it online or through DE but DE FL is very fast-paced. Duke would expect you to get up to AP level in FL (if you want to be a competitive applicant).
Are you in FIRST Robotics?</p>
<p>@MYOS1634 I’ve taken three years of Spanish but I will look into going to AP Level.</p>
<p>I’m not incredibly familiar with what FIRST Robotics is but we don’t have it at my high school and it doesn’t exactly sound like something I am interested in. I’m more interested in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering.</p>
<p>How can you take pre Calc and Calc in the same year</p>
<p>@tigerman333 Block scheduling</p>
<p>I don’t think the concept of taking PreCalc and Calc at the same time is a good one at all.</p>
<p>If you’re even a little shaky on the Algebra-Trig concepts, it’s going to be rough…</p>
<p>@mrnephew I have block scheduling so I will have Pre-Calc first semester and Calculus second semester </p>
<p>What’s in-state for you and what’s your parents’ budget? Have you run the NPCs on these colleges’ websites?
Because out of these three UVA, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, either the VA schools or GATech will not offer you any financial aid so if your parents don’t have the 45k per year, it’s pointless to even apply.</p>
<p>@MYOS1634 UVA and VT are in state for me. I’m not sure what you mean about the financial aid because I’m almost certain I will get at least some financial aid.</p>
<p>Thanks - so, VA is in-state for you. You have lots of excellent choices, you’re lucky to live in a great State for higher education 
Because public universities do not give financial aid* to OOS applicants, applying to VTech+UVA or GATech, either you live in GA and wouldn’t get aid at the VA schools, or you live in Va and won’t get financial aid at GATech. So if your parents don’t have 45K X4 in a college fund for you, you couldn’t attend GTech even if you got in, therefore it’s pointless to spend time applying to a school you know you can’t afford.
However to make sure, run the Net Price Calculator on each website - each college calculates differently (even instate publics!)</p>
<p>@MYOS1634 you can still get financial aid at public universities OOS. I don’t know what you are talking about. It’s like getting financial aid at a private university. Granted, you won’t get state specific funding, but you’ll still get aid.</p>
<p>How can you cover Calculus and Precalculus over the course of a year?</p>
<p>^guineagirl:
I forgot the *
- you get the $5,500 federal loans regardless of where you go.
After that, OOS public universities will NOT meet need and often will NOT offer anything except PLUS loans.
Unlike private universities, they will NOT use need-based money for OOS students.
The ONLY university that meets need for the OOS students it admits is UNC-CH, but it’s extremely hard to get in since its % of OOS admissions is capped and necessarily prioritizes athletes and legacies.</p>
<p>OOS students CAN get merit aid - some of it automatic, such as at Truman State or UAlabama; some of it competitive (Ohio State, for instance).
This does not depend on need, only on GPA, SAT/ACT scores, and, to a lesser extent, essays/competitions/ECs.
Students who have more modest stats (for UAlabama, students need to have an SAT/ACT score in the top 2% for instance) the best bet to get merit aid out of state is to find a directional university with a good Honors program, such as one of those:</p>
<p><a href=“http://publicuniversityhonors.com/2013/12/26/now-we-are-following15-regional-university-honors-programs/”>http://publicuniversityhonors.com/2013/12/26/now-we-are-following15-regional-university-honors-programs/</a></p>
<p>At private universities, there’s no OOS surcharge and no negative rules applying to financial aid for OOS vs. In State. That’s normal: OOS students’ parents have not paid taxes toward the university or the State, whereas private universities are not restricted by state residency. In fact, apply OOS to a private college 400+ miles away gives you a nudge that can help with preferential packaging because merely by applying far away, you bring geographical diversity. (This doesn’t apply much to California and not really to Top 25 schools, or only very very marginally. However, for thousands of colleges, it does work.)</p>
<p>@mrnephew I’m not exactly sure what the confusion is. I assume it’s the same as any other school that has block scheduling.</p>