<p>So my older brother was recently accepted at Rice and my parents are already stretching their budget to pay for it. When I look into colleges with great financial aid all that comes up are places like Princeton, Rice, UNCCH, ect. While I'm very aware of their generous aid I'm also aware of my competition for that aid. Generally schools with lower admission standards will offer greater aid to their applicants who are above part.</p>
<p>I live in Florida so the only "up and coming" college I'm familiar with is UCF. However, it is extremely close to home and I'm not willing to make that commitment. I'd prefer to go out of state. Since my scope of knowledge of these "up and coming schools" (especially outside of Florida) is limited, I'm asking for advice on which schools you guys are familiar with that will give me great financial aid. They don't have to be prestigious, but I don't want them to be "unknown" either. </p>
<p>A little about myself:
Female, Hispanic, 3.89 unweighted, 4.35 weighted. 1320 on 2 section SAT. 13 AP classes by the time I graduate.</p>
<p>So... up and coming schools with good financial aid offers?</p>
<p>Great financial aid needed??? Do you have a high EFC and need merit aid to get the price down to a comfortable amount below your EFC… OR … do you have a low EFC and need a school that meets full need? Or something else?</p>
<p>first off rice university is awesome.
aside from rice
a few schools that you should look at (IMO)
muhlenberg college
hendrix college
allegheny college in meadville,pa
ursinus college all awesome supportive schools with great student bodies!</p>
<p>How about Ohio State? I think you should qualify for ‘National Buckeye Scholarship’ for OOS Students! And you can certainly do work study on campus, like working at the library to bring the overall COA down.</p>
<p>**National Buckeye Scholarship for non-Ohio residents **</p>
Criteria
Ohio State is committed to enrolling a diverse and talented student population. The National Buckeye Scholarship is awarded on a competitive basis to non-Ohio students required to pay the out-of-state surcharge who are admitted to the Columbus campus for autumn semester. Those considered rank in the top 40 percent of their graduating classes and have ACT composite scores of 28 or higher or combined SAT Critical Reading and Math scores of 1260 or higher.
Notes:
Except where noted, the National Buckeye Scholarship can be combined with any other merit scholarships, as long as the combined total does not exceed the total cost of an Ohio State education.
This award is renewable for a maximum of eight semesters (or the equivalent) of full-time undergraduate enrollment, provided the recipient maintains a 2.5 or higher GPA (earned by no later than the end of the first year), and nonresident classification remains unchanged.
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<p>Not only is tOSU ranked higher than UCF & UF via USNWR, the school continues to improve academically, and today (Aug 1st) is the 1st day for Common Application availability!! lol</p>
<p>The Ohio State University: A Grand Institution</p>
<p>I can’t think of more polar opposites than the LAC’s recommended above and Ohio State. Doubtful anyone would be happy at both types of schools. Do you have any preferences as to size and style, section of the country, rural vs. urban or suburban, etc., to help narrow down your options? Right now your inquiry is way too general.</p>
<p>5,000-30,000
Urban, suburban, country or rural. I don’t mind any of those.
Preferably not as much of a “jock” school as Ohio State.
My ideal school UNC at chapel hill but their OOS admissions cap is quite discouraging but I’d say that’s the perfect place for me.</p>
<p>automatic merit aid from UAB (birmingham al) with your stats. (if by chance a national hispanic scholar…then its a full ride) you would get about 15K towards a total oos cost of attendance of 20-25K… that covers about 12 credits per semester…so you would have to add 600 per credit hour above ie 15 credits per semester would mean an additional 1800per semester. strong school for sciences or anything health related. very generous with ap credit, so you could knock off alot of credits that way too</p>
<p>Check out Miami of Ohio. Original “public ivy”, great campus, not real “jock” oriented (but big Greek). Great honors program and you would qualify for good merit.</p>
<p>Also, that 12k a year wouldn’t come close to covering a year’s tuition/fees for an OOS, especially one who specifically requests schools with “generous financial aid.”</p>
<p>Here is why it is so hard to recommend schools on CC when someone says…I need a school with generous aid…</p>
<p>By all accounts, Tulane is very generous with merit aid. Problem is, Tulane is almost $60,000 total COA. If you get a $25,000 merit aid grant, that still leaves $35,000 left…can you pay that?</p>
<p>Miami Ohio is also very generous with OOS merit aid. A person with a 1320 might get $10,000 in a merit grant. Miami is over $40,000 COA. You will still have to come up with $30,000 per year. Can you pay that?</p>
<p>Just because a school gives great merit aid does not mean that it will be affordable. HOw much can you pay each year?</p>
<p>My parents are willing to pay 5,000/year. More or less depending on the quality of the education. I’m willing to take out loans if I think it’s worth it but I don’t want to owe a lot before grad school</p>
<p>There are quite a few public universities with undergrad student body at around 40,000 that are considered ‘Top Public’ and ranked in the Top-50 academically via USNWR. Further, tOSU is in the process of hiring hundreds of additional faculties to improve student/faculty ratio and classroom sizes, so this is really a non-issue imho. </p>
<p>Indeed, I would certainly have recommended Michigan for OP since it does make the cut at 28,000 for undergrad student body; however, based on the latest calculation, UofM’s COA is now **approaching 60k a year<a href=“if%20you%20add%20Tuition%20and%20fees%20+%20Room%20and%20board%20+%20Books%20and%20supplies%20+%20Health%20insurance%20+%20Living%20expenses”>/B</a>, and I doubt that would be within OP’s budget.</p>
but I’d say that’s the perfect place for me.</p>