<p>Hi - I like UGA and GA Tech but doing some research it seems like going out of state to a highly ranked out of state public school may offer just as good as in state opportuntires to funding a top college education. </p>
<p>I could not afford a highly ranked private school, (maybe not even partially) so I am focusing on public schools. Good idea?</p>
<p>My scores are :
35 on ACT</p>
<p>SAT:2200
Reading: 750
Mat: 750
Writing:700</p>
<p>I'll graduate from HS with 8 AP's. Also I am captain of of my schools wresting team so have a balanced profile. Any advice or experience with scholarship opportunities for someone like me?
Thank you!</p>
<p>Have you checked the net price calculators at each school’s web site? Some private schools are relatively generous with need-based financial aid, but the hard part is getting in. Many out of state public schools are not very generous with need-based financial aid, while costing quite a bit.</p>
<p>Scholarships for stats:</p>
<p>Alabama Tuscaloosa - full out of state tuition for 3.5 GPA and 32 ACT
Alabama Huntsville - full ride for 3.0 GPA and 34 ACT
Alabama Birmingham - $15,000 per year for 3.0 GPA and 28 ACT</p>
<p>Competitive large scholarships:</p>
<p>Berkeley - Drake for mechanical engineering majors
Duke - Robertson
Georgia Tech - President’s
North Carolina Chapel Hill - Robertson, Morehead-Cain
North Carolina State - Park
Texas A&M - for National Merit Finalists who list Texas A&M as first choice
Texas Dallas - McDermott, Academic Honors, Academic Distinction</p>
<p>UGa and GT are very different types of schools. What would your major be?</p>
<p>I don’t know what kind of merit UGa offers, but I know that GT’s merit is very competitive. I was surprised when a GIRL with your stats wasn’t offered a dime from GT this last spring. </p>
<p>Both schools rely heavily on HOPE for merit for its instate students. </p>
<p>If you want merit, apply to a few schools that give ASSURED merit for stats.</p>
<p>How much merit do you want? In other words, how much will your parents pay each year?</p>
<p>Merit for out-of-state students at GT is very competitive, the main awards are President’s Scholarship (full ride) of which they give 75 and you have to compete with in-state, and the Provost’s Scholarship ($18K/year) of which they give 40 for out-of-state only.</p>
<p>Being in-state, the OP likely qualifies for either Zell Miller (full tuition) or Hope (90% tuition) scholarship at UGA or GT. (Can’t say for sure without knowing GPA.)</p>
<p>OP, it is unclear from your original post, are you in or out of state for GA? If your in-state you have the Hope Scholarship which is great. If you’re out of state there are other schools that offer much more merit aid. And many times private schools can come up with merit aid as well.</p>
<p>Thank you all for your answers. I need to figure out my unweighted grade point avearge. My PSAT was 200. I live in GA so I could get the HOPE if it says around. I think I am interested in something science related, maybe reseach based or maybe even pre-med but I don’t really know for sure.
I guess I am wondering if I should focus on UGA or Tech and hope the HOPE stays around. Is there a good website anyone could recommend for learning about merit based schoarships ? thanks again!</p>
<p>You have the test scores to qualify for a Zell Miller Scholarship (Full Tuition), but you also need a 3.7 GPA. Failing that, you would qualify for the HOPE Scholarship (90% Tuition) as long as your GPA is 3.0 or better.</p>
<p>Your PSAT score is not high enough to be NMSF/NMF, which unfortunately eliminates many of the most generous guaranteed scholarships.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, with your stats there are many automatic scholarships you could qualify for and many competitive scholarships for which you would be a strong candidate, PROVIDED your GPA is high enough. Your school should be able to tell you your weighted and unweighted GPA. Some schools look at one, some at the other, and some do their own calculation (they might only average academic classes, for example, and leave out art, PE, etc.)</p>
<p>“Eminence Scholarship” at Ohio State: Full-ride, plus $3,000 research money given!!</p>
<p>Ohio State recently raised its financial aids offering by $50 million in addition to its annually given $150 million. Here is the list of scholarship programs available:</p>
<p>Ohio State Eminence sounds like a very fine scholarship, but with only 10 awarded to OOS students out of ~11,000 OOS applicants and ~6,000 OOS admits, the odds are very low.</p>
<p>Setting aside the fact that the OP is male, Barnard College does not award merit aid at all, and Smith College is very selective for merit aid (about 5% of first years get merit aid). Bryn Mawr is fairly generous with merit aid, as about 20% of first years received merit aid, with average award ~$11,000/year.</p>
<p>Of course these are all extremely expensive schools, and even a well above average merit award of $20,000/year would only reduce the cost of Bryn Mawr or Smith to $30K-$35K/year.</p>
<p>I believe you would only need ACT of 28 or above to receive the ‘National Buckeye Scholarship’ from Ohio State!!</p>
<p>National Buckeye Scholarship for non-Ohio residents</p>
<p>Award amount</p>
<p>$10,000 ($40,000 four–year value)</p>
<p>Criteria</p>
<p>Ohio State is committed to enrolling a diverse and talented student population. The National Buckeye Scholarship is awarded on a competitive basis to non-Ohio students required to pay the out-of-state surcharge who are admitted to the Columbus campus for autumn semester. Those considered rank in the top 40 percent of their graduating classes and have ACT composite scores of 28 or higher or combined SAT Critical Reading and Math scores of 1260 or higher.</p>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>Except where noted, the National Buckeye Scholarship can be combined with any other merit scholarships, as long as the combined total does not exceed the total cost of an Ohio State education.</li>
<li>This award is renewable for a maximum of eight semesters (or the equivalent) of full-time undergraduate enrollment, provided the recipient maintains a 2.5 or higher GPA (earned by no later than the end of the first year), and nonresident classification remains unchanged.</li>
</ul>