<p>Back again with our jazzin questions. We are wondering if state schools - like University of Michigan and University of Miami - give merit aid for music school students who are out of state. Any knowledge as to whether University of Michigan or University of Miami have merit aid money. We are out of state and will not qualify for financial based aid.</p>
<p>thanks again for all your assistance and for your willingess to share your wisdom! Webejazzin - hope your day goes well.</p>
<p>OOS D got offered merit aide (MM vocal perf) but is not attending (UMICH)</p>
<p>University of Miami (FL) is a private University and they do give some generous Music awards based on talent. They will not combine talent awards with academic merit awards, however, at least this is what they told us in the Financial Aid office. We are still waiting to hear if S is going to get any music merit from Michigan State, we were told by someone in the Music dept there that money is very tight in Michigan this year, reading between the lines that it wont be much, if any at all. Not sure if it is the same at U of Michigan.</p>
<p>U Miami is a private, not public institution, so state residency is not a factor. U Miami has some generous academic awards, and from what I’ve seen of talent awards, it can range from paltry to generous. </p>
<p>At the publics, there tend to be very distinct differences as to number and size of oos scholarships (or tuition reductions). In general, straight talent awards at publics tend to run significantly lower than privates, but they can range widely.</p>
<p>The only way to really know what’s available is a thorough reading of all school’s financial aid/scholarship pages, as well as music specific scholarship info. Some institutions will allow combo awards (academic & talent), some won’t; publics have a primary responsibility to in state residents, so a lot of money is diverted there. Some publics have offered significant talent scholarships in music, but in general, talent awards are a direct result of standing within the specific discipline audition pool.</p>
<p>And you can’t compare what is offered to a grad student as being indicative of undergrad awards.</p>
<p>My daughter received OOS tuition waiver for four years at LSU (voice undergrad). It comes to approximately $36,000 over four years, and means she would pay in state tuition for all of her undergrad degree.</p>
<p>I should have mentioned - this is merit aid (LSU School of Music scholarship).</p>
<p>My daughter is attending Michigan on a 75% tuition music merit scholarship (she is OOS).</p>
<p>Some schools give $1000 scholarship to OOS and that automatically makes them eligible for in-state tuition, which makes the school a real bargain of OOS students. Every school is different. And not only that, the situation changes over time – so what may have been true one year is not necessarily true another year. With regards to University of Miami (Florida), what may be confusing here is that, I suspect , but am not sure, that UM has some sort of arrangement with the state of Florida for in-state students to get a break on tuition. So, what this means is that some in-state students get 100% or almost 100% of their tuition covered. But what I’ve just said is based on surmising and not fact.</p>
<p>The scoop on tuition for UMiami for in state students is that they get a credit equal to what their in state scholarship would be, “Bright Futures”, plus a Florida resident access grant. The maximum amount is equal to about 7K per year. The Bright Futures amount is determined by SAT scores, GPA and high school class rank. </p>
<p>Florida students who qualify at the highest level for Bright Futures would probably qualify for some level of academic scholarship also at UMiami. But, as I noted above, the Financial Aid office told us that Frost School of Music talent awards cannot be combined with UM academic merit awards. </p>
<p>They can be very generous with talent awards and it is my impression that the teacher will go to bat for a student that they really want in their studio if they need more.</p>
<p>my son received the max from FSU of $13k/year for 4 years. Talent award for OOS student (strings).</p>