Warm-weather universities with good merit?

College Search & Selection
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I’m currently looking for an east-coast university with warm weather that gives good merit to out of state students.

Looking to pay $15k or less a year.

Preferably Florida, South Carolina, etc.

I have a 4.3 weighted GPA and 1470 SAT score.

Please please please comment suggestions.

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Are you still a junior? Keep chugging away at that SAT and try the ACT, try getting it a bit higher for better options. What is your UW GPA? Major?

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University of Alabama.

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Baylor, U Houston, Texas Tech, UTD, UNT, A&M may work well if you are interested in warmth and merit, a strong shot at internships and jobs is an added bonus in Texas.

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Unweighted GPA?

Depending on unweighted GPA, there may be some full rides:

Tuskegee
Prairie View A&M
Alabama A&M

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@sparklesemi How did you do on the PSAT? You’ll be awarded large merit in FL with a great score.

If you prefer the smaller LACs, the choices in Florida include two public 100% honors colleges, New College of Florida in Sarasota and Harriett Wilkes Honors College in Jupiter. Wilkes covers Cost of Attendance (COA) for Benacquisto scholars.

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NMF get the large merit in FL (COA at public schools and 2 privates) but just having a ‘great score’ gets you nothing from the state.

Benacquisto covers COA at most Florida public schools, including New College and Wilkes

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oof

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My UW is 3.83 and I am undecided

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UW is 3.83

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3.83 meets the GPA threshold, and 1470 SAT meets the test score threshold, for these full rides:

https://www.tuskegee.edu/programs-courses/scholarships/freshman-scholarships
https://www.pvamu.edu/faid/types-of-aid/scholarships/university-scholarships/
https://www.aamu.edu/admissions-aid/financial-aid/scholarships/index.html

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What about OOS tuition waivers for Florida or South Carolina universities? Could I possibly qualify for those?