OOS applicant needing FA?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgia Institute of Technology
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<p>Hi,
My D is looking at Engineering schools outside Colorado. We've looked at CU, CSU and CSM but wants OOS options. She's looked at private schools in PA and NY that she has a decent chance of being accepted based on their published acceptance data. I'm wondering if we should add GT to the list or if it's a waste of time for her. Her SATs are CR 740, M 710, W 690 (first time, will take again), taking the ACT in 2 weeks. She usually scores higher in Math than Reading so this score is odd for her. GPA 3.93uw, class rank is around 10.3% (community high school). She's taking AP Calc BC and AP Lit this year, will take AP Physics, AP Lang, CalcIII/DifEq, AP Studio Art (she loves art) and may take the AP Spanish test even though her school does not offer AP Spanish any more. She went to school in England for 9th and 10th grade so her classes were different those years. EC's are fairly weak, Cross County, Track, NHS, clubs. No hooks.</p>

<p>We will need financial aid so does anyone know how generous GT is with OOS students?</p>

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<p>They are not generous at all. I’m out-of-state too, and all I get is Pell grant.</p>

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<p>dont even consider for OOS financial aid! We only got a 10K scholarship. loans for 30k! it is a great school, but not worth that much debt! we live in Florida and have been thinking of moving, so it looks like Georgia might be our new home. (instate is 18000 cheaper than out of state!)</p>

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<p>I’ve found that Tech can be generous with financial aid, but many of the scholarships are merit based and small. So you need to qualify for several merit based scholarships to really make a difference. Unfortunately, many people feel that they are exceptional applicants (and they are) but unfortunately exceptional in the general population can be average for GT, leading to fewer scholarships than expected.</p>

<p>One thing that people seem to always overlook is that students at Tech have a unique opportunity to Co-op and earn a considerable amount of money - $10,000 after taxes every other semester. If you attend most other state flagships, say UF, you won’t have the same opportunity to co-op and make that sort of money.</p>

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<p>do you have to pay tuition while on COOP?</p>

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<p>No. You do not pay tuition while co-oping. Fees are optional (some people will pay the athletic fee to attend football games or pay the activity fee to be able to use the CRC if you co-op in Atlanta).</p>

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<p>Yeah, that’s the thing nowadays - so many people vying for so few spots and/or scholarships. I had a cousin who went to GT and did the co-op program and loved it. But he’s passed away so I can’t ask him about it.
And I suppose GT is like California where your residency when you matriculate stays the same through the years, i.e. no hope of gaining state residency during your time there?</p>

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<p>GT makes it VERY difficult to obtain residency after you start there as a freshman. The rules listed on their site are:

The second condition is a killer. You would need to drop out of college for a year to gain residency (and your family must move to GA etc.)</p>

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<p>Thanks,
That’s what I suspected.</p>