<p>I need to make my list of public universities shorter, so far I have:
* Definite keep on list</p>
<p>Michigan State University*
University of Michigan*
University of Minnesota- Twin Cities
University of Wisconsin- Madison
University of Colorado- Boulder
University of Washington- Seattle
Purdue University- West Lafeyette
Arizona State University- Tempe
Ohio State University- Columbus
Indiana University- Bloomington
University of Iowa- Iowa City
University of Arizona- Tuscon
University of Illinios- Urbana Champaign
Pennslyvania State University- University Park
University of Marlyand- College Park</p>
<p>I like all the universities, at this point is more about which is more likely to offer need base financial aid to out of state students... and which is not. Those universities that are less likely to offer need base financial aid to out of state students are the ones I'm likely to remove... I know I can apply for scholarships, but can not completely depend on getting admitted for them, and I really don't want to take out large loans. </p>
<p>^OSU is not good on aid. I also doubt ASU is either due to their open-admission policies. Indiana and Purdue are good on aid (for public U’s, anyway), and U Minnesota starts out at a great price ($14,000/yr OOS). The others might be a little iffy. Also, just to make your head spin a little more, try SUNY-Binghamton. Way low price and stellar quality.</p>
<p>Thanks, though I really was starting to like OSU-Columbus, and Arizona… but I started to assume they were not that well on FASA. I think I will definetly put a * next to UM-Twin Cities, as I think they will offer wel FASA if accepted. Indiana University- Bloomington I doubt on, after reviewing information on their website and a few dates… while Purdue I think they may offer well FASA also if accepted, but they seem not to rank for political sciene or international relations.</p>
<p>Coolbreeze, I remember you had pretty good stats from my time on the U of M forum here, and I think you might qualify for IU’s $9,000/yr scholarship, which would mean that you would still have to pay about $15,000 a year, not including room and board, which is almost as good as my no-aid state schools in Ohio. Also, I think Purdue offers a similar scholarship.</p>
<p>That scholarship would be helpful, besides knowing another 15,000 yr in debt… I’m starting to think that University of Washington- Seattle, University of Minnesota- Twin Cities, and University of Colorado- Boulder will offer out of state aid, as well as University of Iowa- Iowa City.</p>
<p>( Any specific reasons why you stated Ohio isn’t good on aid?)</p>
<p>^Our legislators hate youth and want us to eat dirt. </p>
<p>Really, idk. Maybe it is because none of our state U’s offer “guaranteed” scholarships, so that makes it a complete toss-up to whether you get aid or not. For instance, at Miami of Ohio, they pass out a paper encouraging only those with a 28 ACT/ 3.8 GPA (which definitely doesn’t match up… but we do have ridiculous grade inflation at my Ohio public, so…) to apply for merit scholarships, but there are no real guarantees that if you have a 36/4.0 that you will get more money than the guy low-ballin’ with the 28/3.8. So, that’s why I am way skeptical of Ohio public university aid, but again, I haven’t checked the real stats that say what percentage of students actually recieve merit aid and how much, but I suspect it is low, since no one from my school that attends an Ohio public university ever gets aid.</p>