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UDayton…GPA: Minimum B average. Test Scores: 24-28 ACT or 1090-1270 SAT. Award Amount: $30,000 to $45,000.*</p>
<p>You’re right, there is a scholarship for that ACT. I was thinking of the bigger scholarships that would make the school affordable for this family. That scholarship is divided by 4 years. As an ACT 26, the amount the student would get is somewhere in the middle - say $36k. Divided by 4 = $9k per year. UDayton doesn’t have much other aid to give. I’ve seen their packages. Remember, this family doesn’t qualify for Pell or other Ohio state aid that is often in UDayton’s packages. UDayton offers some grants, but it’s very doubtful that they would give enough aid that this family would have a better package than what they already have. Her stats just aren’t high enough on FA Grid to make UDayton dig deep into their pockets. </p>
<p>the COA is about $42k. Subtract $9k for scholarship. That leaves $33k. I don’t think UDayton is going to give this student enough in more aid to make it cheaper than the schools that they have on the table now.</p>
<p>I think with the very limited time to quickly get a few more apps out, the family needs to target schools that are known to be affordable without the wondering if a good aid package will come thru. </p>
<p>Therefore schools with COAs of less than $20k (tuition, room, board, books, fees) are their safest bets right now. </p>
<p>That said, I think the above suggestions of…</p>
<p>UArkansas…COA for student’s stats is $15k (great for a flagship!!!)</p>
<p>South Dakota State…COA is about $14k :)</p>
<p>Bemidgi State…Can’t find the OOS COA, but it’s supposed to be under $20k.</p>
<p>I was under the impression that the guaranteed in-state rate at U of Arkansas was only for the 5 states that are contiguous to Arkansas–at least, that is what the admissions office indicated when one of my kids visited. Maybe it changed.</p>
<p>Of course, I don’t know for sure what state the OP lives in.</p>
The NRTA (Non-Resident Tuition Award) covers Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. If there is an alumni in the family (parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, sibling, spouse), then the Alumni Legacy award can grant in-state tuition to admissible students, more information can be obtained by contacting the Alumni Association. For students falling into neither of those categories, I’d recommend contacting the Scholarship office directly and asking other options.</p>
<p>I second Northern Michigan. They continue to try and raise their total enrollment so continue to take applications and they give responses sometimes within a matter of days. You should be able to have an answer quickly. They are extremely “parent friendly” so you could actually make the call and explain your situation and they would not flinch. Her GPA and her ACT should garner her around $3750 at a minimum and the total cost after the merit would put it below your EFC. It’s a bit of a haul travel-wise since it’s in the UP, but kids that go there love it as it’s a destination college. Also agree on University of Colorado in Colorado Springs and South Dakota. If I was you, I’d call Loras and ask about increasing the aid and quickly contact NMU, UCCS and SD, all three of those will get her where she wants to go in life within your budget with NMU an UCCS at the top since both are Olympic training centers.</p>
<p>One other thing to consider is that the way the EFC affects this student this year may change next year.
If you end up with additional kids in college at the same time, your overall EFC may stay the same (assuming income doesn’t change), but the cost you’ll have to come up with for this student at this school, will be less.</p>
<p>I don’t know if I’m being very clear here, but this adjustment had a significant positive impact on us since we had a D start college followed by an S the very next year. It seemed to help spread the cost out for us and make the costs seem more reasonable once there were 2 of them in college. </p>
<p>And as another poster pointed out, remember that the Cost of Attendance, as calculated by the school when computing all of your aid, is considering costs that you may not have (ie the health insurance is a great example). Try to learn more about exactly what makes up those numbers before you assume it isn’t possible. </p>
<p>I remember when I first saw S’s COA. I nearly fainted. But once we really looked at the numbers, and considered the EFC spread across TWO students, we could breathe better.</p>
<p>My D and I visited NMU for their Art Program, and altho the program wasn’t the right one for her, we found the admissions people very friendly, concerned, and they seemed to offer great aid for OOS (we are from FL). She sent her test scores there, and even tho she never formally applied, they kept in contact. I would put in a call to them.</p>
<p>I think you are panicked by sticker shock. First - your daughter applied to these schools (and not others) for a reason. I would find out how far away she is from merit aid at her in state four year school and determine which gpa they are using for calculations of merit aid. If her gpa is in the running but her ACT is low I would retake the test in June and, if she then falls into the merit guidelines, appeal for dollars that will surely be returned to their scholarship pool through the summer melt (when dollars allocated to other students become available because they’ve chosen to attend another school).</p>
<p>Your in state public has more incentive to help it’s own students than any out of state has to pay for an OOS student (the only exception they make to this is for National Merit types that up their stats and your daughter isn’t in that group). There may be departmental scholarships offered for continuing students; to be the front runner looking for these awards she needs the best grades possible (and if all grade levels are eligible to complete for scholarships the form probably continues to ask for test scores so a higher ACT would never be a bad thing). To be the best possible student that she can be probably means being at a school she wants to attend - so again, I would work with the admissions you have rather than casting a wider net to less researched schools hoping for a miracle.</p>
<p>Go through the billable vs. already in the family budget costs associated with your package and find out what the real numbers are. If she has to be on campus (I take it neither of these schools is a commuter possibility) I would try to choose a dorm that gives her the best options to cut costs using kitchen facilities to cook - it’s not glamorous but it will probably save a lot of money.</p>
<p>Here’s the info on UArk non-resident tuition waiver…</p>
<p>I’m not sure if I’m reading the req’ts correctly. In the second paragraph, I can’t tell if only the transfer students are restricted to those states or if the incoming freshmen are too. </p>
<p>The Non-Resident Tuition Award covers the difference between out-of-state tuition and in-state tuition. The award is automatically granted to qualifying students. Students must apply for admission to be considered, but are not required to submit a separate scholarship application. NRTA recipients will first be notified via their admission profile under the residency statement. The student with receive more detailed information from the Office of Academic Scholarships starting April 1st.
Eligibility</p>
<p>Awarded to entering freshmen and transfer students from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Entering freshmen for the fall 2009, fall 2010, and fall 2011 must have a 3.25 or higher GPA and ACT of at least 24 or 1090 SAT (combined math and critical reading). Eligibility criteria for freshmen entering in the fall of 2012 and beyond have not yet been determined. Transfer students must have a 3.0 or higher college GPA and 24 transferable hours.</p>
<p>The Non-Resident Tuition award is only available to incoming students. A student who does not meet the eligibility criteria at the time of enrollment cannot become eligible for the award in a future term.
Renewal Criteria</p>
<pre><code>* Renewable for 4 years (5 years for Architecture and MAT students)
Beginning with renewal for the 2009-2010 academic year, students must maintain full-time enrollment and a 2.75 cumulative GPA.
</code></pre>
<p>You might want to try Aurora University in Illinois. Not sure where you live but sounds like it probably isn’t far for you. They have what looks to be a pretty good athletic training program. Best of all is that the tuition is very reasonable for a private college and they are really generous with the merit aid and not just for the really smart kids. Very small college though (the whole thing fits on one large square block). Also, about anyone who wants to can be on one of their sports teams (not just the star athletes.) Very clean, well kept up campus with pretty buildings. Not for everybody. But could just fit your needs.</p>
(great for a flagship!!!)</p>