I am a straight A student with a HUGE interest in attending out of state college. I’m slowly accumulating what i’d call a pretty impressive application (I’ve made a national winning app, was featured at the white house science fair, made a few commercials, ect.)
I feel a little confident that I can get into at least one of my college choices (Stanford, Caltech, UCLA, MIT are my top four), there is only one problem: My family lives check to check.
There is much difficulty we have financially at the moment, but I really do not want to attend a local college for my major (comp sci/engineering). I wouldn’t mind transferring out of state after getting my bachelors, but I wanted to know if there are any scholarships specific to OOS applicants.
Also, will any scholarships I do receive be applicable toward my tuition out of state or will all of them only apply in state?
UCLA is a California public university so you will receive little to no financial aid as an OOS student. They do offer some scholarships such as the Alumni or Regents but these are a drop in the bucket in comparison to the total costs which are around $60K/year.
I suggest you run the Net Price Calculator (NPC) on all schools of interest and if they are public universities, make sure they ask if you are in-state or out of state for fairly accurate estimates.
Sounds like you’re off to a great start in high school!
As a sophomore, I’d recommend you put this discussion on hold. For now your focus is better spent on your family, friends, schoolwork, and beginning to prepare for the SAT or ACT. You’ll have plenty of time to build your college list in your junior year. Come back and restart this discussion next year!
Be very careful about posting your personal info. The posts on this forum don’t get deleted. There may be a point in the future when you wish you hadn’t revealed your identity.
Keep up the good work!