<p>I am intending to apply to both University of Michigan and Ohio State, but my dad is telling me I shouldn't. According to him, state schools give most of their scholarships to in state students and that there is a chance I would receive little to no scholarship from either school. Is there any truth in that statement? I live in Tennessee and I'm a junior. Thanks.</p>
<p>Unless you are an extremely strong applicant, he is correct about those two. However, some public colleges like UVa and UNC give good need-based aid to out-of-state students.</p>
<p>Also, my family income is like 60K-70K a year and I have one sister in undergrad and a sister and brother in post grad (or i will anyway by the time i apply). and my mom is also getting a post grad kinda thing.</p>
<p>Are you looking for merit scholarships? In many cases, that is not as dependent on residency, but on your stats. But it often doesn’t make as big an impact due to the increased tuition for oos kids. </p>
<p>If your sister is still a dependent student for FAFSA next year, your EFC should be roughly half of what hers is this year (hers will decrease as well). Your other sibs and mom won’t affect your EFC as they are filing as independent students (and parents don’t count anyway). Although, I believe your mom’s efc should decrease because of your attendance.</p>
<p>SUNY also gives good merit aid and OOS costs are fairly low. According to other recent posters, UofM is likely to gap you substantially though. All you can do is apply and see, but please try not to fall in love with a school before the FA is awarded and please, please apply to at least one school you like and know you can afford!</p>
<p>Schools like Alabama and University of South Carolina are very motivated to attract STRONG out of state candidates and give great merit aide, especially Alabama.</p>
<p>Many private schools give better merit and need based aide, so your cost of attendance can be less than your COA as an out of state student at a public university. Does your dad simply want you stay in state?</p>
<p>Ok, I’ll ask the obvious question, with a username like BiggOrange, is there a reason why you are not going to the University of Tennessee and taking advantage of the state lottery scholarship?</p>
<p>OP, regarding U of Michigan…the school is very up front on the website in stating that it CANNOT necessarily meet 100% of the need of out of state students (and often is accused of “gapping” many oos students much more than those students believe they should be : ). HOWEVER, many students receive merit award that helps close the gap to some degree, and some of the most competitive students end up with most of their need met. If you are looking for a FULL RIDE and have anything less than the strongest application stats from the strongest school in your state, then you’re likely to be disappointed by the financial aid or lack thereof (go read the admitted student stats to see). However, do not rule it out if you are prepared to make a significant contribution to financing your education through a lot of work and indebtedness. Just go in with your eyes open.
Cheers,
K</p>
<p>Ha. It’s because I’m planning on majoring in political science and economics and Tennessee doesn’t have the strongest program in either of those.</p>
<p>Appreciate all the responses so far. Thanks guys.</p>
<p>I’m not sure if you checked out the new Baker (Howard Baker) Center program at UT. You might want to consider it at least as a financial safety situation.</p>
<p>Looking back at your stats, I would doubt that you will get OOS FA at either OSU or UM, as those pools are much more competitive than the in-state FA. Look to those as reach situation when FA becomes part of the equation. Strangely enough you’d probably more likely get FA from Vandy (need-based) than merit from OSU and UM.</p>
<p>If you’re talking about merit scholarships, UM has the Shipman and LSA Dean’s (probably others in other schools too), but these go only to the top applicants.</p>
<p>Yeah, I will more than likely end up applying to Tennessee. You know, just in case I don’t get the kind of scholarship I want elsewhere.</p>