State schools with great merit aid for 4.0 student?

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Anonymous wrote:DS JUST received notification from UMN for two scholarships totaling $25k per year. 4.5/1560/NMSF. Mom and dad are thrilled. Not sure the kid is.

Congrats! UMN isn't known for being particularly free with merit aid so tremendous outcome.

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Anonymous wrote:Are you in DC? Will you qualify for financial aid? How strong is your DD. Many top schools give generous financial aid. Use the net price calculators. Pitt Honors college gives I think 40 full ride chancellors scholarships. UNC Chapel Hill has the morehead scholarship, but you need to be nominated by your school.

my 4.0 kid didn’t even get into UNC, let alone Morehead scholarship. Try Indiana or Clemson.

Clemson only offered my 4.0/1500 kid in in-state tuition. It’s something but not much compared to others.

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Anonymous wrote:DS JUST received notification from UMN for two scholarships totaling $25k per year. 4.5/1560/NMSF. Mom and dad are thrilled. Not sure the kid is.

Congrats! UMN isn't known for being particularly free with merit aid so tremendous outcome.

Thank you. We were shocked. Reminded him not to expect a dime from in state or any of the east coast schools.

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Does it lower the OOS significantly at Minnesota? My kid got 15K aid from Indiana but CoA was still higher than in-state UVA not including travel back and forth.

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DC previous got $20K a year at UMN and that made price about $5K less than top VA state schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Does it lower the OOS significantly at Minnesota? My kid got 15K aid from Indiana but CoA was still higher than in-state UVA not including travel back and forth.

This is the real problem. OP, where do you live? If you are in MD good luck finding OOS tuition less than UMD even with a good scholarship. My kid got a strong merit aid package from University of Vermont, but OOS tuition is expensive. It wasn't less than private schools with similar aid.

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Here is the OOS merit aid chart for Michigan State:
https://admissions.msu.edu/cost-aid/scholarships/first-year/out-of-state-resident

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Anonymous wrote:Does it lower the OOS significantly at Minnesota? My kid got 15K aid from Indiana but CoA was still higher than in-state UVA not including travel back and forth.

IT DOES. COA at UMN is $55 (brnging the total to $30) Another way i looked at it. His tuition would be $10. MN residents pay $16.. Obviously you do have to figure travel and a new winter wardrobe. VT and UVA engineering are $34 and $46 respectively. WM is $37

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OP,

What is your home state? Usually, merit aid at out of state publics cannot bring the cost down lower than your IN-STATE options. Obviously, when you start with OOS tuition, and then subtract merit aid... you are still looking at something as high or higher than In State Tuition/R&B.

That said, Alabama is one that is known for being GENEROUS for OOS students -- they have to import smart people in AL, I guess!

If you are in VA, you will get a pretty good deal at UMW. See the defined merit for grades/SATs: https://www.umw.edu/admissions/in-state-merit-scholarship/

The good thing about being pre-med at a smaller school is that you will have lots of opportunities to get to know the professors, and they to know you. And that's going to help with writing very solid recommendations for med school.

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Roll Tide

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Anonymous wrote:OP,

What is your home state? Usually, merit aid at out of state publics cannot bring the cost down lower than your IN-STATE options. Obviously, when you start with OOS tuition, and then subtract merit aid... you are still looking at something as high or higher than In State Tuition/R&B.

That said, Alabama is one that is known for being GENEROUS for OOS students -- they have to import smart people in AL, I guess!

If you are in VA, you will get a pretty good deal at UMW. See the defined merit for grades/SATs: https://www.umw.edu/admissions/in-state-merit-scholarship/

The good thing about being pre-med at a smaller school is that you will have lots of opportunities to get to know the professors, and they to know you. And that's going to help with writing very solid recommendations for med school.

I'm the UMN scholarship poster. Virginia is our place of residence. Likely engineering major. After scholarship, COA to UMN would be $30 v $45 for UVA, $34 for Tech or $37 for WM.

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Minnesota

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Colorado State and University of Utah give merit aid for OOS that can bring the cost down significantly. University of AZ does as well.

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Miami of Ohio has their merit chart online

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Utah also makes it easy to become in-state student after first year.