oos tuition waiver with scholarship..

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<p>I have just heard that you get OOS tuition reduced to in-state if you get a scholarship of 1k or more at UH and TAMU, are there any other schools that offer this deal besides U of Houston and TX A&M?</p>

<p>I have heard names like South Carolina and Bama, any ideas?</p>

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<p>Bama does not.</p>

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<p>heard of any schools that do?</p>

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<p>I can’t imagine that very many highly ranked schools do. If they were going to do this, they would simply award the scholarship that brings down costs to instate. Why give a $1k and then say you now have instate??? It would limite these schools too much. It would mean that giving a modest stats student a $1k scholarship, but it turning into a huge scholarship.</p>

<p>If you want to pay instate rates (or about), then apply to the schools that will give you such a scholarship for your stats. What are your stats?</p>

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<p>The catch to the waiver at TAMU is that OOS students are not eligible for all scholarships. You will need top scores, top GPA and amazing ECs to get one. They award the same amount to instate as OOS and the waiver just equals the amount YOU pay among award recipients. Other schools divide the in state and out of state award amounts, it’s the same thing. There are no guarantees of scholarship based on stats alone at TAMU.
Some schools do offer stats based merit scholarships (like Alabama) so you can see what you’ll be offered (or a range of offers) should you apply. We also found that type at Clemson & Auburn.</p>

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<p>jbeezie…</p>

<p>You seem to be focused on a rare scholarship that is not any better than specific large merit that achieves the same thing. </p>

<p>What are your stats?</p>

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<p>A friend’s son was in a music program at N. Texas and also got instate tuition when the 1K scholarship was added.</p>

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<p>SUNY-Buffalo gives a stats-based scholarship where the amount depends on cost of attendance. In other words, the amount is higher for out-of-state than in-state, so the net effect is comparable tuition. They probably do this in order to broaden their geographic base.</p>

<p>At TAMU, joining the Corps of Cadets practically guarantees an in-state tuition waiver. If you are interested in that program (e.g. for ROTC or Aggie Band or leadership training) it’s one of the best, but if not, the in-state waiver wouldn’t mean anything. You might check the web sites of other Texas state schools of interest because I thought (but could be wrong) that these in-state waivers applied to all of them.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/848226-important-links-automatic-guaranteed-merit-scholarships.html?highlight=automatic+scholarships[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/848226-important-links-automatic-guaranteed-merit-scholarships.html?highlight=automatic+scholarships&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>The above link is more useful. It tells you which schools will give you assured scholarships for stats. Just looking for schools that give instate rates after a token scholarship award is far less useful than knowing which schools will give you large assured scholarships (sometimes full tuition) right off the bat.</p>