We were really hoping for merit and thought the Grandparent Scholarship was our best chance. Applied as soon as we heard back in November but obviously not early enough. With merit from other schools, will unfortunately have to adjust our expectations.
UF is notoriously tough to get merit - and obviously the GP waiver is an added boost. I donât know if they adjusted their already small merit budget.
FSU is the school to apply to for merit in FloridaâŠfor others watching.
The good thing about UF - and everyoneâs affordability is different - but even at full pay, itâs much lower cost than many other comparably rated publics.
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Where to check to see if S22 receives any merit or aid ??
Login to one.uf and look under financial aid 2022-2023
Thanks. we are OOS and I see
âYou currently have no available aid year information to displayâ
Maybe call their office
@Melissa96 - Question if my son had received any scholarship would it already be there as itâs the 11th or do we need to wait until the end of the day to get a final answer on the scholarship?
Thank you. It was in the one.uf portal. No email.
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My son has received $8k per year scholarship for OOS. At FSU he got full OOS waiver so paying extra $14.3k per year at UF doesnât make sense at this point.
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Thatâs a personal choice of course - Iâd just say this - $8K is AWESOME. That he got merit is AWESOME (for UF). So congrats to him.
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All of the scholarships have been released so it would be there if he was awarded one .
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As a gator alum, I have to give big kudos to you @Melissa96 for answering all these questions so frequently and timely.
Makes me proud to be a Gator. 
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I know itâs new but do you know if you get waitlisted for a Grandparent waiver, do you remain on the waitlist even after Freshman year or are next yearâs allotted waivers reserved for newly admitted students? It may make a difference if theres a chance we only have to pay for one year vs 4 years for OOS tuition.
It is our understanding that the state will only allocate 350 waivers for the entire state per academic cycle and that once those have been awarded the next yearâs allotment will be meant for students admitted as freshman in that cycle and cannot be awarded to currently enrolled students.
Thank you for the prompt response
Only loans here even though we have a pretty low EFC. We actually got a nice grant from UVA so I was surprised that there was nothing but loans from UF.
OOS. COA is over $60k. Not doable.
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sorry.
i will say, very few public schools out of state offer need based grants for oos kids. Itâs rare. They usually use that money for kids from their state.
I understand. We were happy to get the grant from UVA. My other daughter got a pretty decent grant from UMich too so Iâm not complaining!
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Hi, my son said he did not receive any notification. We are oos. Is that even possible? Does that mean he doesnât have a scholarship or financial aid offered?
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Okay, if nothing is listed on his financial aid page - did he complete the FAFSA? And if so did this SSN from the FAFSA and his application match?