<p>Can any of you guys attest to the amounts of aid and scholarships Mizzou offers to out of state students?</p>
<p>Look at the Mizzou website under financial aid. They have a scholarship for nonresident students that you receive automatically if you meet the qualifications (SAT/ACT, class rank). Nonresident children of alumni, if they qualify, receive a scholarship that gives them in-state tuition. I don't know about need-based aid.</p>
<p>Also, I understand that it is not too difficult to establish residency after you've been there a year. I'm sure there's information about that on the website, too.</p>
<p>My D has a two friends who established residency in the state to avoid OOS costs. I don't know if in the long run it will pay off for them, though. First, you must become independent. You lose your parents' health insurance and they can no longer take you as a tax deduction. Second, you must live there when school is not in session, so they are stuck there in Columbia while their friends are taking internships around the country. Then, there is a work rule where you have to work so many hours a week, so many weeks per year. This has caused their grades to go down and they have had to cut back class hours to work. Of course, NOW they have to go at least one extra semester to make up those credits and who knows what effect that lower GPA will have on their job hunt? While my OOS daughter is enjoying her free time, they spend every minute free working at the mall to be in state residents and they hate it. Worth it? Just make sure you have all the facts before starting it!</p>
<p>Alright, cool thanks guys. I checked the scholarship page, and according to it, I would only be eligible for the Mark Twain Nonresident Scholarship. Problem being though, that I need to raise my ACT score from a 24 to at least a 27 to be eligible. Boy how standardize testing is lame :/</p>
<p>Keep in mind that a GPA usually is required to keep these scholarships. It's 3.25 for the Mizzou Heritage. There's probably one for Mark Twain, too.</p>
<p>At summer orientation they really promoted on-campus jobs, especially after your freshman year. Students and administrators say they're flexible, and there are a lot of them.</p>
<p>Thanks for the residency warning, mizzou-mom! Aside from the other drawbacks, the health insurance is the clincher for me.</p>
<p>So do you guys know how often Mizzou gives out of state tuition wavers?</p>
<p>I could be wrong here, but I believe they only give them to National Merit Finalists. I called when my D was applying a few years ago and they told me at that time, they didn't give them other than that. It may have changed. And regarding on campus jobs, a lot of them are work study only, so if you don't qualify for that, you have to look a little harder. My D has run into that problem. Problem is, she doesn't want to look any harder!</p>
<p>(I hope I'm posting correctly - new to CC)
I'll be entering Mizzou this fall, graduated from small-town Illinois, class of less than one hundred.
Mark Twain scholarship saved me! Keep working on that ACT!
And yes, OOS waivers only for National Merit Finalists. I'm a pretty smart cookie, but unfortunately, they only give it to NMF.
I don't know much, but I did a lot of research before deciding on Mizzou, so if you have any other questions... : )</p>