List of Solid Public Universities for B/B+ OOS students?

College Search & Selection
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<p>So I've been looking for some larger public schools that I could REALISTICALLY get into OOS. I am Mexican from a northeast prep school, but my grades are pretty run of the mill, as is my SAT's score, 1820. I figured this discussion could also help out any other students in my position. </p>

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<p>Maybe Pitt, the Rutgers, Penn State, Maryland, </p>

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<p>Read <a href=“Before you ask which colleges to apply to, please consider - College Search & Selection - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1621234-before-you-ask-which-colleges-to-apply-to-please-consider-p1.html&lt;/a&gt; .</p>

<p>Out of state public schools do not give good financial aid, though some may have merit scholarships. However, their list prices are often lower than the list prices of private schools, so if your family income is in the “won’t get financial aid” range, then they may still be less expensive choices than private schools.</p>

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<p>@ucbaIumnus I am very fortunate in that I do not need a scholarship from colleges and do believe the public schools would be cheaper for me.</p>

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<p>@Lacoste‌ do you think it is even worth applying OOS to a Penn State or Pitt with my grades?</p>

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<p>It may also help to know what academic majors and professional goals you are interested in, and what non-academic preferences you have.</p>

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<p>@ucbalumnus‌ football is important, or at least a strong sense of school pride. As for majors I like political science, but I honestly don’t know what I want to do in college and I feel a larger institution can offer many career paths and solid majors.</p>

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<p>we don’t know your grades, OP. How about you respond to @ucbalumnus’ post.</p>

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<p>Michigan State? He says B/B+ in the post title.</p>

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<p>For safeties, you can look at the automatic admission and automatic merit scholarship for stats threads.</p>

<p>For matches, you can look for schools where your stats fall into the midrange of grades/rank/scores for the school.</p>

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<p>Mizzou is a big flagship, division 1, big on athletics, lots of school pride, “Tigers” clothes on sale throughout the state.</p>

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<p>This is incredible broad criteria. </p>

<p>Do you have a geographic preference? Want more dreary northeast winters? Or sun?<br>
Is access to a major int’l airport for flights back to Mexico a priority?
Urban? Suburban? Small town? Rural?
Larger hispanic population desired?</p>

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<p>University of Vermont.</p>

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<p>FYI,
Kiplinger’s Best College Values: Public Colleges
<a href=“Best College Values, 2019 | Kiplinger”>http://www.kiplinger.com/tool/college/T014-S001-kiplinger-s-best-values-in-public-colleges/index.php&lt;/a&gt;
you can click on column 9 to sort by price of OOS total cost</p>

<p>You can also search for private 4-yr universities & LACs</p>

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<p>Oh, and Truman State too! Worth the money (GMTplus7’s list has Truman State listed too).</p>

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It’s hard to believe an OOS public U will be less expensive for you than an in-state public U.</p>

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<p>@"Erin’s Dad"‌ I believe he is referring to private U, stating that OOS public is less expensive than private with his financial circumstances</p>

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<p>That really would depend on the different Us. For instance UMich is $55K for the first two years of undergrad, $58K for the upper two years.</p>

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<p>" UMich is $55K for the first two years of undergrad, $58K for the upper two years."</p>

<p>Of course that point is useless for this particular student. :-)</p>

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<p>Just using that as an example of what potential OOS public Us can cost @rjkofnovi‌ </p>