That’s the thing there is no breakdown of the aid so how is anyone to know?
How did you pretend to be me you don’t know my income or family size.
Also…it is a generic calculator that doesn’t ask for GPA or SAT scores so how would the merit be included?
Looks like UConn’s NPC at https://financialaid.uconn.edu/pricecalc/ is based on the minimal template that is probably lower quality than most NPCs that ask more questions.
I called them and I guess they do include the possible merit in their calculator…scratched them off the list!
A. I pretended to be you by simply choosing 3 salary points until I found the one that was close to your results to see the exact wording of the NPC.
B. They don’t ask for GPA or SAT because they assume that only students with certain stats are accepted. Thus the standard merit scholarship award.
Do you all think the merit scholarship is included in the NPC for Quinnipiac?
Quinnipiac is about 64k a year. The normal amount off is 27-30k. Leaving a final amount to be paid of 34 - 37k which sounds right.
The only real value option of quality for tech in NE is UMass Lowell where we direct kids.
@gearmom …what about University of New Hampshire in Durham?
Our neighbors are paying about 30k for their kid for OOS CE at UNH.
Did they qualify for financial aid and merit?
Yes. Good merit. What did your NPC say for UNH?
It said 27K including an Institutional need based grant.
If the NPC for UNH says $27,000 for OOS…for you…then that is the amount you can expect to be asked to pay.
GaTech offers almost no merit and no financial aid to OOS.
U of Florida Gainesville offers the Gator Nation scholarship to some OOS applicants and will be a lot more affordable.
How about University of South Florida in Tampa?
So how are you gong to pay for University of South Florida as an OOS applicant? Cost is over $32,000. I don’t see ANY guaranteed merit aid. The school does not meet full need for all accepted students.
@Skippy00 - looks like you’ve gotten lots of great advice here. If your kiddo wants to stay in the NE, several of these recommendations here may not be helpful. But, that said, I’d suggest your son widen his net if money is an issue. As an aside, there are scholarships at Ga Tech for OOS students https://www.finaid.gatech.edu/scholarships but the big stamps scholarship is highly competitive. Look at the recommendations others made for schools like UA Huntsville, FIT, etc if you are looking for big bucks.
Its so competitive to get any GaTech scholarship, and girls win fully half, so its not a great idea for a boy without a lot of cash resources to apply to GaTech, its a cash only school for almost 99% of OOS applicants who are boys. Its much harder to win a Stamps than the Gator Nation scholarship at UF, the merit at U of Alabama, or even the merit awards at Boston U in my opinion. The Stamps award winners have strong leadership skills, straight As, AP or IB high school curriculum or a few years of concurrent enrollment at a top state school, lots of leadership ECs, and an interview, as well as perfect SAT scores.
No kidding. The Stamps is incredibly competitive at every school where it is offered. AT UF the Stamps scholarship is selected from tjhe same applicant pool as the Lombardi, so comparing it to the Gator Nation is not comparing apples to apples. (And it looks from quick glance like UF restricts the Stamps/Lombardi to instate students). That’s not the point. The point is that even if this OOS boy is offered some scholarship $ at a very competitive school like GT or UF, it is not going to be enough to make the school affordable for this applicant.