@Marakov29 What about the Merit Recognition Scholarship at MSU (which is room and board plus $4000). Can that be stacked with the Honors National Scholarship?
Penn State was considered by a few kids I know. In the end, parents could not justify the cost. Gave kids the choice of PSU or in-state and help with a house deposit and in-state won.
Seems to me you would want to go out of state if you got a lot of money or your in state options were not good (either generally or for your specific major).
And I can see state schools wanting to increase their profile by attracting high performing out of state schools.