<p>Aren't most OOS publics going to cost a little bit above the 20-22,000 budget? Will it be workable with student loans and summer earnings? It seems like OOS COA is 28,000 and up these days. It will cost a bit less if you look to the midwest or south, but if he wants to be in New England it might be good to look at some private schools that offer merit and financial aid.</p>
<p><a href="http://matrix.scranton.edu/admissions/popups/deans.asp%5B/url%5D">http://matrix.scranton.edu/admissions/popups/deans.asp</a><br>
They have a great PT program, too.</p>
<p>Also check out <a href="http://www.misericordia.edu/admissions/template_sub.cfm?sub_page_id=153&subcat_id=131&page_id=212%5B/url%5D">http://www.misericordia.edu/admissions/template_sub.cfm?sub_page_id=153&subcat_id=131&page_id=212</a> He would probably qualify near the top. They also have PT.</p>
<p>Also Sacred Heart <a href="http://www.sacredheart.edu/pages/1677_university.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://www.sacredheart.edu/pages/1677_university.cfm</a> We have a friend who graduated in PT from there and she is doing quite well.</p>
<p>Great School: St. Michaels College Colchester, Vermont
<a href="http://www.smcvt.edu/admission/finaid/deans.asp%5B/url%5D">http://www.smcvt.edu/admission/finaid/deans.asp</a></p>
<h2>SAT Scores 1800 and B+ average $8,000 to $12500 year Dean's Scholarship</h2>
<p>This was mentioned earlier, but Quinnipiac University in Hamden CT has excellent programs in Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy. I know these programs attract students from all over the U.S. It is about 10 minutes from where I grew up and about 20 minutes from where I now live in CT. It is only about 10-15 minutes north of New Haven and Yale University. Lovely suburban campus but not too far from a city. Definitely worth a look.</p>
<p>New England College in Henniker, NH; there i believe the SAT's around 500 + 500. So it could be a safety. Lots of boston area kids that want the private school student-faculty ratio 1:10, I think, rather than UMass. But watch out for the drinking; it's fierce there.</p>
<p>Also, what's doing over at Lesley College?</p>
<p>IMO, Quinnipiac is very expensive. I don't have the exact #s in front of me, but I believe that they meet around 65% of need. jdasmom is correct about the PT/OT programs.</p>
<p>I think Northeastmom hit the nail on the head in post 21. The cost of most of the schools that people have suggested so far are closer to $30,000 then $20,000. </p>
<p>If he has to stay in the $20,000 range then he has to really do some research to find schools that give a large amount of merit aid to a large percentage of the students and he has to be in the upper range as far as SAT gpa's for that to be a realistic chance. He will not get merit aid if it's a reach school. </p>
<p>We knew when my son applied to his school, Roanoke College, with a sticker price of $35,000, that over 90% of the students received grants and the average grant was over $11,000. <a href="http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool/screen.aspx?screenId=30%5B/url%5D">http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool/screen.aspx?screenId=30</a> I did this research with every college that he was interested in and when his financial aid packages came in, they weren't very suprising. </p>
<p>If you look at paying3tuitions suggestion of New England College, you'll see that their sticker price is around $34,000 inclusive, and 91% of the students get an avg. institutional grant of $9, 000. Not bad! <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=327864&page=2%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=327864&page=2</a></p>
<p>"Considering physical therapy as a major."</p>
<p>H's phy Therapist graduated from Univ of Scranton, and I looked into school for a friend- their son applied-visted twice, overnighted- rec'd merit money (SAT's about 100 pts higher)
Univ of Scranton does have good PT- they are building a new Student Center- FYI </p>
<p>Also, know a Marist applicant- did not break 1200- rec'd $8,000 Merit $$</p>
<p>Nightingale, if he's in MA, there are a number of good, small public colleges that are available to him. And if he did well on his MCATs (again assuming a MA resident), he may even qualify for a tuition scholarship. Check out Mass. College of Liberal Arts (previously suggested), Westfield State, Salem State, Bridgewater State, Framingham State. These are all at least partially residential although all state colleges will have some number of commuting students.</p>
<p>oops, I posted the wrong link for New England college aid. It should be:
<a href="http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool/screen.aspx?screenId=30%5B/url%5D">http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool/screen.aspx?screenId=30</a></p>
<p>Oh, goodness, I just checked my links and realized that they all send you to the same place! Oh, well, there's the souce!</p>
<p>-check out springfield college- enerous merit money and well known for physical therapy.
-he would get an excellent financial aid package at university of hartford</p>
<p>I think the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine is worth a look. Good physical therapy program and good aid. I know a student with lower SATs who got a nice merit package.</p>
<p>OP- Just checking prices and many places do come in, even with a decent merit package around 30k.. which is to high. Do any out of state schools offer "in state" rates to desirable applicants? I mean I'm thinking my nephew comes in in the to 20% of some of these OOS schools. State system in Mass. is kind of sketchy. Plus so many of the campuses are commuter campuses unfortunately. Maybe SUNY system.. or URI..</p>
<p>U Hartford has a very low four graduation rate. If it takes a 5th year the money may run out. I have heard good things about the school though.</p>
<p>The public schools in the NE Consortium offer 150% of instate tuition to residents of the other states, but only if the OOS school offers a major not available in your state. (The most common example, albeit graduate study, is that MA doesn't have a state law school, so you can go to law school in VT for 150% of instate tuition.)</p>
<p>Here's the link to the consortium, which will explain it im more detail:
<a href="http://www.nebhe.org/explain.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.nebhe.org/explain.html</a></p>
<p>I'm thinking U Richmond, Quinnipiac, Salve Regina, and Bucknell will not reach out with merit for SAT 600m 600v kid "B" average kid. Looking further into Misericordia and Sacred Heart. Anyone know anything about Elmira?</p>
<p>Agreed about Richmond - my d (also from MA) was accepted this year with a 3.6 uw GPA, and SATs of 760cr, 720m, 770 w. She got not one penny in merit aid.</p>
<p>Nightingale, I don't think he has a shot at admissions to Bucknell, (avg. SAT 670 for math and 640 for verbal) much less merit aid and the fact that it's sticker price is $45,000...</p>
<p>But if you are thinking of Richmond, is your nephew and his family now open to looking further away?</p>
<p>I was going to look up Elmira for you but realized that you are proabably looking for personal knowledge. If not, and you just want the facts, here's a great website where you can put in your nephews stats and get a good idea of where he stacks up: <a href="http://www.collegedata.com%5B/url%5D">www.collegedata.com</a> I found it to be very accurate at predicting acceptance as well as financial aid.</p>
<p>Well yes, Richmond is more than 3 hours from Boston and did as such it did exceed his distance criteria. Richmond would not offer him anything anyway in terms of merit aid, but perhaps Elmira or Ithaca.. would. He may have to expand his search or settle for something local not exceeding 20k per year.</p>
<p>I do think that Marist is a possible, but just don't count on it. You might want to read this thread about Ithaca:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=327293%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=327293</a></p>
<p>If he is willing to look in Va., some state schools run about 24-25,000, so with Staffords he might get a green light. Look at George Mason, James Madison, VCU, VT, University of Mary Washington. If he is willing to be plane ride away, one can go further south and apply to the many publics in NC and be closer to budget. As Kathiep mentioned, you could investigate Roanoke College. BTW, I did not look up exact COA for the VA schools, and since they might be a little hefty (yet less expensive than state schools further North with the exception of SUNYs), you might want to look at the exact pricetag before applying. He might also want to look at some of the Sunys.</p>