<p>I'm a temp. legal resident, which means I don't meet the requirements for FAFSA. Is there any way I can get at least some financial aid?? ):</p>
<p>Check your state guidelines. I believe some states will give you some aid. BUT you are not eligible for any federally funded need based aid. It would have to be state funded or institutional funding.</p>
<p>What state are you in? A few states give aid.</p>
<p>What are your stats? Some schools will give merit scholarships for int’ls and non green card residents.</p>
<p>im in georgia.</p>
<p>act 33 - math 34, english 34
gpa unwieghted is 3.9
sat2 760 in bio 740 in math 2</p>
<p>i can waiver into in-state resident tuition fee, but if i do that, i can’t apply for int’l scholarships.</p>
<p>Does UGa or GT give big int’l merit scholarships? If they do, are they bigger than the OOS portion of tuition?</p>
<p>edited to add…from GT website:</p>
<p>*For any student classified as “international” for tuition classification, they are ineligible for Financial Aid through the Georgia Tech Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid. Please understand that being a public institution includes an obligation to use the financial aid we have available to the domestic population. *</p>
<p>So, if you’re interested in GT, your chances are better with the waiver since they don’t give $$ to int’ls. If that is their policy, it’s doubtfull that other GA publics have a different policy.</p>
<p>i’m not applying to GT. i’m a die-hard uga fan as you can tell (:</p>
<p>i’ll see if int’l merit scholarships are bigger but i doubt it. i’ll be paying 7,000 a semester (including room, food, tuition, etc.) which isn’t that bad… right?</p>
<p>*i can waiver into in-state resident tuition fee, but if i do that, i can’t apply for int’l scholarships.</p>
<p>i’ll be paying 7,000 a semester (including room, food, tuition, etc.) which isn’t that bad… right? *</p>
<p>If GT doesn’t give merit to int’ls, then I doubt UGa does either. </p>
<p>So, you’re best to apply as a resident and pay in-state rates. If you haven’t missed the deadlines, maybe UGa will give you a resident merit scholarship (unless your int’l status prevents such).</p>
<p>BTW…isn’t the COA for in-state students higher than $7k per semester? Maybe I’m wrong.</p>
<p>edited to add…</p>
<p>I think the COA is at least $9k per semester for in-state.</p>
<p>what is coa…?</p>
<p>COA = Cost Of Attendance.</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>Yes. sorry. The COA includes tuition, college fees, course fees, housing, meals, books, transportation, misc expenses.</p>
<p>yes COA is above 7k, but they promised me a 7k per semester if i get waiver in accordance to my stats.
is 7k not that bad for uga?</p>
<p>That’s a good price. What do you mean that they “promised you” $7k per semester? They can only assure you that you’ll get in-state rates, they can’t promise a total cost. They don’t even know what the rates will be for the 2010-1011 school year or for the years afterwards for tuition, housing, meals, etc. They couldn’t have promised a COA to you.</p>