<p>I'm curious if any of you have any experience with out of state financial aid. We visited Georgia Tech recently and my daughter is in love with it. It has soared to the top of her list. However, I am worried about financial aid since it seems that merit aid is limited to the Presidential Scholarship program, and I am doubting that my daughter would receive one of these. Does Ga Tech meet financial need? Is there a large work-study or loan portion? Do you even have time to work at GA Tech and still keep your grades up?</p>
<p>Im going to be a freshman there and I was in the same boat. I applied to gatech too late to be eligible for the presidential scholars program but the aid package wasnt that bad. They gave me what they labeled as an Out-of-state grant for 10k, which basically covered the difference in tuition from my in-state university and tech. They also gave me more federal subsidized loans than my in-state U. They did give me a work-study along with that, which the financial aid guy said was about 10hrs a week..and they labeled it as a 1.5k/semester job. All in all, they exceeded my need with the grant, and loans.</p>
<p>My son is out of state and didn't make the cut for Presidential Scholarship. He didn't get any merit aid offer, only offers of loans for the full cost of attendance. Thank goodness we saved some money for college so we could decline the loans (at least this year) and perhaps he doesn't have to start off too deeply in debt. GT is expensive if you are out of state, but it is cheap compared to most private universities.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for the replies. Just knowing that the "out of state grant" exists makes me breathe a sigh of relief. And while it may be true that GaTech is cheaper than most private schools, many private schools offer more generous aid packages bringing the true cost of attendance in line with public schools.</p>
<p>fyi, we are oos and didn't apply for the presidential scholarship (found out about the college too late and I don't believe my S would have qualified). I was very impressed with the financial aid package they put together, several small scholarships and perhaps a grant. It basically made the school's cost cheaper than the instate state school and in the same ballpark as other schools. </p>
<p>I thought it was interesting that basically every school (except for UIUC), private and public, offered a package that made the cost within a few thousand of our instate state school. </p>
<p>GaTech was one of <em>my</em> top two choices for my S, however, it wasn't one of his top choices.</p>