State Flagships with Good Merit Aid for OOS Applicants

College Search & Selection
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<p>Self explanatory title. Does anyone know of any state flagships that offer good merit aid (25%+ off tuition) for OOS applicant? Guaranteed or competitive is fine.</p>

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<p>Take a look on the merit aid threads in the Financial Aid Forum. U of Alabama has guaranteed merit aid.</p>

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<p>University of Wyoming
University of Montana
Montana State University [Office</a> of Admissions - Scholarships for Non-Resident Freshmen](<a href=“http://www.montana.edu/admissions/scholarshipsnonres.shtml]Office”>http://www.montana.edu/admissions/scholarshipsnonres.shtml)
University of New Mexico [Undergraduate</a> Scholarships :: | The University of New Mexico](<a href=“http://scholarship.unm.edu/scholarships/index.html]Undergraduate”>http://scholarship.unm.edu/scholarships/index.html)
University of Mississippi [The</a> University of Mississippi ? Office of Financial Aid](<a href=“http://www.olemiss.edu/finaid/scholarshiptypes.html]The”>http://www.olemiss.edu/finaid/scholarshiptypes.html)
University of Alabama
Ohio State University [url=&lt;a href=“Merit-based scholarships - The Ohio State University”&gt;Merit-based scholarships - The Ohio State University]Scholarships[/url</a>]
University of Oklahoma</p>

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<p>University of Nebraska
Kansas U
U MN - competitive
LSU
West Virginia</p>

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<p>Texas A&M, while not the flagship, would likely be flagship level in a lot of states. A number of its scholarships (even those which are not necessarily that big) come with out of state tuition waivers.
<a href=“https://scholarships.tamu.edu/SCH_Opportunities/tamu_scholarships/international/tuition_waiver.aspx[/url]”>https://scholarships.tamu.edu/SCH_Opportunities/tamu_scholarships/international/tuition_waiver.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Berkeley has the Drake scholarship (full ride), but it is extremely competitive and for mechanical engineering majors only.</p>

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<p>Ohio state offers 12000 a yr renewable for kids with a 28+ act and top 40% class rank. I think its called the National Buckeye Scholarship</p>

<p>Sent from my YP-G1 using CC</p>

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<p>Why don’t you tell us more…</p>

<p>What is your GPA and your Math + CR score for one best sitting?</p>

<p>What is your major?</p>

<p>How much will your parents spend each year? (so we know how much merit you need. 25% off OOS tuition doesn’t tell us much since some schools have much higher OOS costs than others.)</p>

<p>While it’s fine to apply to a couple of schools with competitive merit, you really should apply to a couple of schools with ASSURED merit for your stats. That way, you will know for SURE that you have some merit awards (some safety schools).</p>

<p>Alabama is probably the highest ranked school that gives the largest assured merit scholarships.</p>

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Texas A&M is indeed a flagship university. More specifically, it’s the flagship university of the Texas A&M system. Because Texas A&M receives the lion’s share of the system’s endowment, it has a surprisingly large endowment (about $3.5 billion). No doubt you meant it’s not usually considered the best public university in the state, which is not quite the same.</p>

<p>UGA is pretty generous with merit scholarships. OOS students with good GPAs and test scores can usually get at least an OOS tuition waiver (i.e. you pay in-state tuition). Athens is up there with Chapel Hill as one of the best college towns in the South. </p>

<p>Several posters have gotten extremely good merit aid at UF as well ($20K scholarships).</p>

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<p>Michigan State, although it’s arguably not a flagship.</p>