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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe your free money can come in the way of financial aid.  But my DD, with a 3.5 GPA and 1200 (on Math and CR) from a VA public often mentioned here got zero money anywhere and was not accepted to JMU (you'll have better luck OOS).  Our DD ended up at an OOS public that has a much better national reputation/ranking (according to any ranking we could find) than JMU.  We pay $32-35,000 all things considered.  She's very happy, FWIW.[/quote]
This is exactly our case with DS.  [/quote]
We're in a similar situation with DD. Curious what great OOS states schools these kids are getting into and loving (and with higher national rank than JMU).  [/quote]

Miami of Ohio, University of Georgia, and South Carolina are ones to look at, both for admissions standards and merit aid for OOS students (though OP would need higher test scores to qualify for merit aid). Of the three, UGA is probably the most selective and has the biggest reputation. All three have solid reputations (not top tier, but good to very good [UGA] for mid-tier), offer some merit aid for OOS students, have great quality of life, and are within a day's drive of DC.

Good luck. [/quote]

Schools now are required to have a net price calculator online that can give you a ballpark idea as to what merit aid might be.  DD's stats were also around 1200 M&V SAT and 3.5 GPA.  I started seeing pretty substantial merit aid from schools that were USNWR ranked 125 - 150 (national) or top 10 south regional (colleges and universities).  Not sure as to how this will translate into "real life" but it's at least a beginning point[/quote]

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