College advice for someone living in the Midwest!

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Anonymous wrote:Get her to a blue state

Do not leave a college aged daughter in MO you are insane to do so

This is so ridiculous

[Anonymous]

I lived in Tulsa for a few years, and the University of Tulsa drew in a lot of students from the Saint Louis. They have very strong merit, even for rich kids. (I know of a surgeon's kid who got a full-ride!). University of Arkansas and University of Oklahoma are strong choices, too. /// Indiana might be a good choice with Butler University (strong merit), so might be Purdue/Indiana. /// University of Kansas and Kansas State are strong options, too.

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What is your budget?

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Has she visited the schools in Missouri before deciding she doesn't like them. If not, go on tours and pick a decent time to go if a junior go in spring or early fall. There are some decent ones. UAB has a lot of scholarships if looking for some deals.

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OP budget is 30K/ year absolute max.

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Anonymous wrote:OP budget is 30K/ year absolute max.

Not gonna happen. I cannot think of a single OOS public school worthy enough to attend over Mizzou, that will come in at 30k COA.

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University of Iowa has a relatively low OOS tuition and they gave my DS 10K merit aid for the 2023 academic year. The total cost would have been 30K. She sounds like a potential candidate for the honors college as well. Iowa City is a great college town.

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Anonymous wrote:OP budget is 30K/ year absolute max.

Is the 4.1 weighted or unweighted?

Preferences for size, major, anything about location besides out of state?

If she can get SAT to 1420, she would be eligible for the Presidential scholarship at Bama (28k), bringing OOS cost to just under 30k

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Truly, Mizzou will give the best deal because she will likely be eligible for merit there.

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Anonymous wrote:Private SLAC’s in the Midwest may be generous with financial aid, if she can get her SAT scores up. Wooster, Oberlin, Knox?

+1

Also, Ohio Wesleyan, Juniata, Clark U., St. Lawrence.

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I know students who had lower scores than yours who got significant merit aid from small private schools that you probably haven’t heard of yet (I don’t remember the names). Those kinds of schools list their tuition as $75,000, but then give big discounts to lots of people. Find those.

[Anonymous]

New Mexico for the win. Also the Dakota flagships.

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What kind of school is she looking for, big or small?

[Anonymous]

should be able to get merit aid to bring down to total COA $40k at mich state, ohio state, Minnesota U if Arizona and iowa. my son did with that SAT.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:See if she can get the SAT score up, get merit from a lower ranked OOS public that she likes, problem solved.

Do public schools typically give much merit aid? How can I find this information?

Why are you focused on public schools? Some private schools will be cheaper with merit.

What is your annual budget for college?

Univ of SC gives in state tuition to high stats kids.

Seems like you still need to do research on OOS possibilities within your budget.