Hi,
If you’re interested in the Florida publics, please review this Florida State University System Admission Matrix:
It includes information on key admission dates, acceptance rates, the middle 50% GPA/SAT scores for Fall and Summer B admits (notice that it’s easier at some schools to be accepted for the Summer B term, than the Fall term), etc.
I suggest applying early as scholarships are competitive and most are awarded early in the admission cycle (with the exception of UF and FSU which don’t do rolling admissions). Your GPA/Test scores will not earn you much of a merit based scholarship at UCF or USF. For example, here is USF lowest level OOS scholarshp
USF Green & Gold Scholars Award
$24,000 (up to $6,000 per year)
3.60+ GPA and
1240+ SAT (Evidence-Based Reading/Writing and Math) or
26+ ACT
You may have better luck at less competitive schools, such as FGCU, FIU, UWF, etc. Also some do offer OOS tuition waivers/scholarships to transfer students (such as FGCU), so attending a local low cost school and then transferring could be an option.
Otherwise, note that some schools, like USF, charge much less for OOS tuition, than other Florida schools, such as UCF Also, USF has three campuses, with admissions being easier at USF Sarasota-Manatee and USF St. Petersburg than to the USF Tampa campus. .
Good Luck!