<p>*Cal Poly SLO: for engineering students.</p>
<p>San Jose State: for computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or software engineering majors who have mid-level stats (perhaps around 3.2 GPA, 1100 SAT CR+M) but want a favorable location for internship and post-graduation recruiting (in Silicon Valley). *</p>
<p>I don’t really consider the Cal Polys as CSUs…and they likely have less commuter students than the CSUs.</p>
<p>Do you know if San Jose State has many residential students. My concern for any OOS student attending a school that is largely commuter or suitcase is that he will be lonely at night and on weekends.</p>
<p>*SUNY Binghampton, Oklahoma, and LSU are pretty cheap for out of staters. *</p>
<p>Cheap is relative. We don’t know how much the family will pay. If they won’t pay much, then even $27k or so for an OOS SUNY can be too much. </p>
<p>If the parents will pay at least $20k per year, then a student loan and some summer money would make some OOS publics affordable. However, if the parents will only pay $10k or so, then without merit or some aid, going OOS is less likely.</p>
<p>Edited to add…</p>
<p>*Im a junior and my GPA is going to be a little over 3.0 and my ACT is a 32, i’ve taken all AP and honors since i was a freshman.</p>
<p>If i apply to Ole Miss will i get in? It’s been my dream school for as long as i can remember and i’m from Missouri so how much debt would i accumulate if i attended four years there? Any scholoarships or grants anybody knows of? </p>
<p>My family brings in about 30,000 dollars a year with four kids so what kind of financial aid would i get? any information would be great thanks! *</p>
<p>Your info from another thread is VERY important.</p>
<p>It appears that your family won’t be able to contribute anything. You likely will qualify for a Pell grant of up to 5550.</p>
<p>Your problem will be that OOS publics don’t give much aid (except UVA and UNC and your GPA will likely keep you out of those schools).</p>
<p>OOS publics have to reserve their aid for their instate students. They charge high OOS fees for a reason. They wouldn’t bother doing it if they were just going to cover those OOS fees with need-based aid. </p>
<p>Your GPA may keep you out of many of the schools that give great need-based aid.</p>
<p>Unless you can snag a HUGE scholarship from a school that only requires a 3.0 GPA along with a strong ACT, then your instate school may be your best option.</p>
<p>You need at least full tuition in scholarship money. A Pell Grant, a student loan, summer work money and maybe work-study could cover the rest.</p>
<p>Do you know if you’d get full tuition at Ole Miss? Hopefully others can recommend big merit schools that only require a 3.0 GPA.</p>