<p>Here are my stats:
GPA: 3.8
ACT: 28
Extra stuff:
Head editor of school newspaper
Teen writer for local community newspaper
Winner of school and county writing contest, 2012
Boys State - Head editor of Boys State newsletter and received award for Outstanding Journalism
President of 4-H club
President of school Political Awareness club</p>
<p>Intended major: Double major in journalism/political science
Home state: West Virginia (I'd prefer going out of state, but I wouldn't mins going in state for free)
Gender: Male
Race: White</p>
<p>I'm looking for a school with a good journalism program that will cost me nothing or nearly nothing to attend. That's probably wishful thinking, but I'd like to not have to pay student loans for the rest of my life. If anyone could help me out, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!</p>
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<p>What is your situation? </p>
<p>Will your parents pay ANYTHING towards college? if not, it’s going to be hard to find a full ride at a school that isnt’ a commuter school with your stats. </p>
<p>Will it be a problem for you to go to an OOS to a school where the other kids go home after class and there isn’t much to do on weekends?</p>
<p>you can only borrow $5500 for frosh year…not much.</p>
<p>My parents make plenty but I’d rather them not have to pay for my college. They could definitely pay some, but not $20,000+ a year. I know there are plenty of programs that offer full rides for a 30 on the ACT. Do I still have time to try for that? </p>
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<p>Go to the Financial Aid forum and look at the stickied threads for Full Tuition/Full Rides.</p>
<p>My parents make plenty but I’d rather them not have to pay for my college. They could definitely pay some, but not $20,000+ a year</p>
<p>Well, it’s almost unrealistic to expect that they not pay anything unless you’re willing to either commute to a local school or go to a school that you’ve never heard of (and likely few others have either). </p>
<p>You can test again, but even with a 30, you’d be hard pressed to find a “free ride” at a school that you’ve heard of. </p>
<p>Just to give you an example. Bama is a mid-tier univ. Bama is SUPER generous with merit aid…beyond what most colleges will do. It is not highly ranked (about 78ish). With an ACT 28, you’d hardly get any money…maybe $3500 per year. With a 29, you’d get half tuition. With a 30, you’d get 2/3 tuition scholarship. Even with an ACT 30 and 2/3 tuition scholarship, you’d still have to pay about $20k per year. </p>
<p>So, you can see that getting a full ride at a school that you’ve heard about would be very hard.</p>
<p>Mizzou is known for Journalism, but even there you wouldn’t get that much. Not even full tuiton. Maybe you’d get a few thousand per year. </p>
<p>I think you need to come to terms with having your parents pay SOME. Find out how much they WILL pay.</p>
<p>Why don’t you want them to pay some???</p>
<p>It’s just something I’d rather do by myself. Does no one else feel guilty that their parents are shelling out thousands of dollars a year for their schooling? I think I would. I do have around probably $12,000 saved up (fair winnings), so I guess I could use that even though it probably wouldn’t go very far.</p>
<p>I know that Marshall University (a local university) has a Yeager scholarship that sounds very nice if you have a 30 or above ACT score. You receive full tuition, room and board, a free personal computer, the ability to study abroad for a few semesters (at Oxford, I believe) and other perks. I was just hoping some other schools, in state or out of state, had comparable programs for just 2 ACT points less.</p>
<p>Then again, I’m still awaiting the results to my SAT. I don’t think I did very well on it though. In order to apply for the Yeager scholarship with an SAT, you have to have a combined Math and CR of 1340. My CR is probably high but I doubt my math is that great. I’ve only taken the SAT once. Is it difficult to, say, get a 600 Math and a 740 CR?</p>
<p>did you feel guilty about them buying diapers for you too?</p>
<p>I don’t think that Yeager scholarship is assured for stats. It looks like it’s competitive. An ACT 30 is the minimum you have to have to apply.</p>
<p>Most parents consider it normal to pay for their child’s schooling as long as the child has done his/her part. Furthermore, you can’t just decide that your parents won’t pay: Your parents will be expected to pay for you - it’s called EFC. </p>
<p>It’ll be time for you to do things on your own when you graduate college. 
When you have a good job, you can even pay them back.</p>
<p>Your best bet is to try and get into a university that meets 100% need. With your stats, there aren’t that many, because they’re all super selective, but you’ve got an ace in your sleeve: you’re from West Virginia, an under-represented state, meaning that many private colleges will be interested in you. If you can go 400+ miles, you’ll get more money than if you stay nearby, except sometimes for in-state public universities.
(In WV, check out Shepherd University).</p>
<p>Check out Gettysburg and St Olaf, since they meet 100% need.
Earlham is pretty generous with aid, too. If you’re a boy, Goucher.
A good writing program is more important than a degree in journalism “per se”, so check out Hamilton and Kenyon (high reaches for you). Perhaps people can suggest more schools known for their writing programs.</p>
<p>An obvious recommendation is UMissouri Columbia’s school of journalism - with a 28 you qualify for an automatic scholarship, but not nearly full tuition let alone full ride.</p>
<p>Hendrix, in Arkansas, is known for generous merit aid.</p>
<p>Howard has an automatic full tuition scholarship if you get to 30 ACT.</p>