<p>CC and guaranteed transfer to public schools are often used routes in my neck of the woods. Some kids who wouldn’t have been eligible for merit aid as freshmen can get it with good CC grades, especially if they are Phi Theta Kappa members (not all CC’s have chapters though). Ironically, we also have a fair number of PA kids at our SUNY’s since OOS costs are pretty low, it’s close to home, and many of the SUNYs offer better scholarships (and/or lower criteria) to OOS kids…that may be something you should explore! IIRC, SUNY Cortland (right off I-81) is particularly good about that. I posted other SUNY award info last year on the Guaranteed Merit Aid thread here…wherever that’s gone to!</p>