<p>I really want to go out of state for college. I always have. I am from Indiana and I want to go somewhere in the south such as Tennessee (UTK) of Mississippi (Ole Miss). Obviously I'm not the first person that's ever going out of state! Will someone please inform me on how to afford out of state tuition? If it makes a difference, I am hopefully going to reach my dream of being a radiologist and if I do loans shouldn't take that long to pay off. I'm not going out of state to achieve an occupation that I won't be able to pay off loans with. </p>
<p>others have parents who will pay or they qualify for large merit scholarships that a school offers.</p>
<p>YOU can only borrow the following amounts for undergrad:</p>
<p>5500 frosh
6500 soph
7500 jr
7500 sr</p>
<p>so not enough to pay for an OOS school unless you also qualify for large merit or your family will pay.</p>
<p>it doesnt matter that you want to be a doctor. med school is very expensive and will also require large loans.</p>
<p>Most premeds never make it to med school. If you are one of the lucky ones that earn the grades and MCAT and get accepted, then progressing to a radiology specialty is also highly difficult since it is one of the most competitive specialties…so at this point, there is no way to know where you’ll end up.</p>
<p>What are your stats?</p>
<p>how much will your family pay?</p>
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My GPA will be about 3.3 when I finish. I have not taken the SAT yet, but I am taking it June 7th. On the ACT I received a 25 the first time without preparing for it. I am taking it again June 14th and I have been practicing everyday. I’m hoping I will get a 27 this time. I am in the top 50% of my class.
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<p>Your stats do NOT bode well as being a successful premed. those who end up in med school are often top 10% of their high school class, 3.8+ gpa, with an ACT 30+ ACT.</p>
<p>Tuition is generally paid by the family, unless you have some attribute that a college wants like football skills, high stats to show academic acumen, etc. If your family can’t afford OOS rates for college then you need to have high grades and scores. Go to the financial aid forum and look at the pinned threads for some assured merit aid and the stats required.</p>
<p>Every college is different. Every state is different.
In some cases, OOS is comparable tuition as In-State.
But if you want to be a radiologist, why go out of state? Indiana has some very good colleges. Where do you want to live/work long term? </p>
<p>I want to live in Tennessee when I’m older</p>
<p>That is fine, but no need to go there for undergrad.</p>
<p>even if you do make it thru premed, who knows where you will get accepted to med school. and then, who knows which state you would end up for learning your specialty. You will apply to a number of residency programs across the nation. who knows where you would get accepted…</p>
<p>it is unlikely that you would be able to do undergrad, med school and specialty all in the same state. </p>
<p>You would still be considered to be OOS when you applied to med school. You are going to have a priority into Indiana public SOMs, so likely, if your stats are med-school-worthy, you will end up at an Indiana med school.</p>
<p>How much will your family pay? if not much, then you wont likely be able to afford an OOS public in Tenn or Miss.</p>
<p>Thanks for your input (mom2collegekids)
I think after all of this I’ll probably end up going to IUB or Purdue. They’re are both great schools. </p>
<p>If you are interested in medical, consider a school which also has nursing or physician assistant opportunities. Nurses can go on to become nurse practitioners. You can possible dual track until you have more time/insight into your college capabilities. mom2ck is correct in the stats - the ACT highly correlates with MCAT scores, one of the four considerations med schools look to with potential candidates.</p>