<p>Good to know because Gannon and Mercyhurst were on my son’s wish list. At least this week’s wish list. We will apply there just to see what kind of FA and scholarships he’d received. If you don’t mind me asking KKmama what were your younger daughters scores and grades in HS. Were they super high? Is that why she can attend a private school for less than an in-state school? My son is a 3.91 QPA student, approx 1230 SAT. He will take them again in June. Just curious.</p>
<p>Stuckinpa, you’ll probably find that the awards from the privates will bring you right about what the state schools would cost. Can’t win for losin’.</p>
<p>Her GPA was 3.94 (high school doesn’t weight) and SAT was somewhere around 2100. She’s at Marywood for Physician Assistant; had 80% tuition reduction during her 4 years of undergrad and 10K scholarship for her 5th year. Her first year she was able to get a need based scholarship as well since her sister was a senior in college. Second year she was an RA, which gave free room and board. Could’ve continued to do that for a very cheap education, but decided to have fun her third year before classes got really tough in the grad phase/senior year.</p>
<p>Bob…great summary of SC schools. Your analysis follows what I feel happens based on D1&2 college search, but couldn’t back up with numbers.</p>
<p>Nice analysis Bob Wallace. On top of that, CofC is less expensive than Clemson.</p>
<p>Wow KKmama that’s one smart D you have! How awesome.</p>
<p>mom2collegekids - sorry, I am often on the forum, but I don’t always log in under my name. I just browse for college info. I did log in today and just saw your message. I guess I should have been more clear. I apologize. Again, we are NJ residents. When I made the comment about the in-state cost of NJ state colleges vs. OOS-cost of PA state colleges, I should have said that Penn State and U of Pitt would be the exception. As I said, I grew up in PA. My entire family lives in PA. My sisters went to Penn State as a matter of fact. My husband and I made the unfortunate mistake of moving to NJ years ago. Here in NJ, there is not one state school under $25,000/year (room and board). In PA, however, there are many state school options that are approximately $15,000-$18,000/year for in-state students including Kutztown University, West Chester University, Slippery Rock, Shippensburg, Millersville, East Stroudsburg, Indiana University of PA, Lock Haven University, just to name a few. For OOS students, these schools cost about $20,000-$25,000/year, the same or even less than the state colleges here in NJ for us! I agree - Penn State is outrageous for OOS students. My son was accepted to the engineering program there, even received a scholarship, but it is simply too expensive to justify. My son was also accepted to the engineering program at U of Pitt. Again a good scholarship, but still too much money. Sorry for the confusion.</p>
<h2>A person mentioned some type of reciprocity agreement between PA. and NY state to offer tuition benefits across state lines. I don’t believe PA has agreements with any other states.</h2>
<p>Here’s a couple year old article about various reciprocity agreements among different states for tuition reductions. It notes that PA, NY State and NJ are not part of any compact.</p>
<h2>[How</a> to Qualify for Out-of-State Tuition Breaks - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/articles/2011/07/27/how-to-qualify-for-out-of-state-tuition-breaks]How”>http://www.usnews.com/education/articles/2011/07/27/how-to-qualify-for-out-of-state-tuition-breaks)</h2>
<p>The following is a program that organizes tuition benefits for children of a staffperson of one college who want reduced tuition at a different college:</p>
<p>[Higher</a> Education Opportunities | Career Opportunities](<a href=“http://www.tuitionexchange.org/about.cfm]Higher”>http://www.tuitionexchange.org/about.cfm)</p>
<p>If you are considering any Georgia schools, University of Georgia has OOS waivers combined with other merit scholarships, but you must have at least a 31 ACT and 2100 SAT.</p>