<p>I am a Senior in High School and am looking into UCONN for undergrad. I am a New York State resident however, and have a question regarding their grants and scholarships. I heard that they were quite generous for OOS students regarding financial aid which is hopefully true.
I have an average GPA and slightly above average SAT so i dont think that honors college is an option. Finances are important, i dont know my EFC but its definitely low.</p>
<p>I did the Net Price Calculator on UCONN's website and it told be that i could "potentially" receive 17,000 in grant money.
I have also done other NPC's and all have told me that i will probably receive the full $9500 or so from "Federal Pell Grant" and "State and Federal Grant" from my state.</p>
<p>My question: is the ~ $17000 or so from UCONN not including the 9500 from state/federal grants, so that my total grant money is around $26,500 or so?
I know that its impossible to totally predict these things until the FAFSA and applications actually go through, but im trying to get an estimate,</p>
<p>My DD is an incoming freshman this fall at UCONN (Storrs) and we are also from New York.
The out of state tuition for this year is $45,000 and will surely continue
to increase in the years ahead as the university wants to hire a few hundred
more professors over the next 4 years. This falls incoming class had the highest
scores of any entering class in the schools history. Merit scholarships kick in at
SAT scores above 1900. File your FAFSA early and get your application in early
as the financial aid is on a first come first serve basis. You may also want to look at
some state schools in New York that would cost you less.</p>
<p>Are you certain that it’s $45,000 for tuition? That sounds more like the total COA for OOS. As to financial aid I have no idea. Merit scholarships are based off of SAT and GPA (academic), and there are a number of other half-full tuition merits you can check out. The academic scholarships and honors have fairly steep cutoffs, so if you can manage a 1400+ M+CR, it would be well worth your time.</p>
<p>I just checked their website and this is for 2012-2013 so it will be a little higher for 2013-2014 but OOS tuition is $26,544 and COA of $40,454.</p>
<p>Just to let you know: If you get an OOS half tuition scholarship and the tuition goes up, they do not increase the scholarship proportionally. The amount they quote you your first year will always be the same. Meaning you will have to pay the extra tuition every year that the tuition goes up. So it really isn’t half tuition…Our bill went up $700 this year alone! Watch out for the fine print!</p>
<p>^ wow really shellywell! I am an oos and received the same scholarship and mine was increased proportionally also they increased my grants by a few hundred dollars although my EFC was the same. I used checked and in total the combined grants and scholarship were about 1,200 dollars greater than for my freshmen year. I was pretty shocked that they did this since you hear that aid usually worsens over the years even as the tuition rises.</p>
<p>If you’re applying for freshman admission, they should give you the exact amount you can expect over four years if you keep X GPA and meet X requirements. At least that’s how it went for 2011-12. This is fairly normal for most universities nowadays, however. Tuition generally increases about 5% a year, and they’ll give you a flat scholarship. You should factor this into your EFC, but you’ll find that most scholarships don’t guarantee full tuition for all four years, so the best option now will still be your best option in four years.</p>