The title is pretty self explanatory.
Anybody know any good state schools that give good need based aid to OOS students? I have read that UNC and UVA do. Anybody know any others?
I am most interested in U of Michigan, U of Wisconsin, and U of Wash.
Thanks for any responses guys.
I am a PA resident as well if that helps.
Not sure about UNC but UVA does. I know that UAlabama covers pretty much all costs for oos students with an ACT of 32 or higher and some sort of GPA requirement. Aside from that I’m not sure
Will you qualify for merit aid? If so, look at the links in the Financial aid & Scholarship forum, pinned to the top.
U Wash? no.
U Wisc? I doubt it.
U Mich is trying to give better need-based aid to OOS students.
No one cares about the Writing score. Don’t even bother studying that section. Study for the other two sections.
For need-based financial aid:
University of Virginia
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, but only if you are low to low-middle income (which is considerably lower income than what most posters here think “middle class” is)
Try the net price calculator at each school.
However, other state universities do have merit scholarships for which out-of-state students are eligible, and some have low out-of-state list prices. See http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1678964-links-to-popular-threads-on-scholarships-and-lower-cost-colleges.html for links to various lists.
Why STATE schools? Why not PRIVATE schools? Private schools give FA irrespective of state of residency.
Thanks for the responses both of you.
To ucbalumnus I like UNC and Michigan, not the biggest fan of UVA.
To GMTplus7, I already know that a lot of private schools do give good aid but I know there are some really great state schools out there and I didn’t know which ones give good financial aid.
To mom2collegekids, I feel writing is much more important than you are making it sound. I know there are some schools that don’t look at it, and it won’t make or break someone, but I feel it is important.
Thanks for the response.
To twoinanddone, I don’t think I will really qualify for the good ones I want (UNC, Mich, etc.) I have 710 CR, 730 M, 610 WR with a 3.88 UW GPA and a 4.32 W GPA in the top 5% of my class. I might be wrong, I’m just not really sure.
Thanks for the response.
To gdit234, I have looked at the bama thing and yeah I think I would get pretty much a full ride.
Thanks for the response.
On the writing section of the SAT, some schools consider it at varying levels of importance, while others do not consider it at all. Section C8 of the school’s common data set should tell you whether the writing section is used and how.
At some schools, the entire SAT (or ACT) is not required or not important for at least some applicants (e.g. those who meet a certain GPA or rank threshold for automatic admission).
Alabama’s biggest merit scholarship (“Presidential”) gives OOS students full tuition.
So unless you’re expecting to add in some other scholarship, you’d still be responsible for R&B.
Be sure to look at the OOS sticker prices as well as OOS aid policies/amounts.
On the Kiplinger’s site, you can click-sort on these prices.
http://www.kiplinger.com/tool/college/T014-S001-kiplinger-s-best-values-in-public-colleges/index.php
Schools with relatively low OOS sticker prices include (from less to more expensive):
University of Minnesota-Morris (~$22K)
Truman State
NM Mines
the SUNYs
Minnesota-Twin Cities
Wisconsin-Madison (~$37K)
Compare to Berkeley, Michigan, UNC-CH, or UVa, where OOS sticker prices are above $50K.
UVa and UNC-CH do claim to cover 100% of demonstrated need. I believe this applies to OOS as well as in-state students. Michigan may come pretty close to covering full need for OOS students.
The University of Vermont is known to.
University of North Carolina-Wilmington is a relatively low-cost OOS option ($36k). Fantastic school, as well. Only drawback, though, is that you have to complete their scholarship app to get any scholarship. Regardless, it’s one of the better Bang-for-Buck schools in the country.
What do you want to study? What do your parents think? How much are they willing to pay? Have you done any campus visits to see what you like about particular schools - more urban setting or not, how diverse of a campus, what size school, if there are particular honors programs?
If you are a rising HS senior, it may be that you will need to apply to a lot more schools if you have not done many visits or narrowed the school choices down with various factors.
Are you trying to keep costs down in UG so you can go further with grad/professional school?
Last I checked with the net price calculator, this was only really the case for students from lower and lower-middle income families (income under the mid-$30,000s per year). Perhaps it may have changed – check the school’s net price calculator.
To SOSconcern, I have visited UNC, Pitt, Penn, Georgetown, and NYU. I absolutely love Penn but it is a reach. I like Pitt. I didn’t really like that NYU didn’t have a campus at all. Georgetown was nice, but I got a big impression of a preppy and snobby crowd, and I am the farthest thing from preppy and snobby. UNC was cool too, but I don’t know if I like it not being in a big city.
So I guess these are my wants: Preferably urban, or at least a suburb really close. Strong program in both biology and business, because I am not completely sure what I want yet. School size doesn’t really matter to me, but I don’t want any insanely small schools like 2k people. I would say probably like 6k and up. I would like opportunities, meaning lots of clubs, lots of internships, lots of study abroad locations. It also doesn’t hurt if the sports team are good, mostly Football, Basketball, and Lacrosse.
Montana State. They give increasingly more money depending on our GPA and scores.