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Anonymous wrote:Tell me about your experience with visits or child attending. Junior DS has visited in-state MD schools and prefers a larger school. Need some OOS back-ups for UMD that aren't too expensive. Not really a SEC guy.

TIA

Iowa isn't inexpensive from out of state. It's $50K out of state tuition/room and board, etc. Plus travel costs.

Do they offer merit aid to OOS students with strongish stats? 3.9UW 10-12 AP classes.

DC was HS class of 2021, 3.8uw/4.1w and 1440 SAT. Iowa offered $12,500/year in merit.

I don't know Iowa specifically but don't get caught up in someone's actual statistics. For most of these schools (and a school like Nebraska), once you hit the minimum stat levels, you get X$$s.

Good to know! Do you think there is a general threshold for merit? For places like Iowa, Indiana, Minn maybe Purdue?

I would assume...except for Purdue which is not like the others (at least not for STEM).

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Anonymous wrote:Tell me about your experience with visits or child attending. Junior DS has visited in-state MD schools and prefers a larger school. Need some OOS back-ups for UMD that aren't too expensive. Not really a SEC guy.

TIA

Iowa isn't inexpensive from out of state. It's $50K out of state tuition/room and board, etc. Plus travel costs.

Do they offer merit aid to OOS students with strongish stats? 3.9UW 10-12 AP classes.

DC was HS class of 2021, 3.8uw/4.1w and 1440 SAT. Iowa offered $12,500/year in merit.

I don't know Iowa specifically but don't get caught up in someone's actual statistics. For most of these schools (and a school like Nebraska), once you hit the minimum stat levels, you get X$$s.

Good to know! Do you think there is a general threshold for merit? For places like Iowa, Indiana, Minn maybe Purdue?

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Anonymous wrote:Tell me about your experience with visits or child attending. Junior DS has visited in-state MD schools and prefers a larger school. Need some OOS back-ups for UMD that aren't too expensive. Not really a SEC guy.

TIA

Iowa isn't inexpensive from out of state. It's $50K out of state tuition/room and board, etc. Plus travel costs.

Do they offer merit aid to OOS students with strongish stats? 3.9UW 10-12 AP classes.

DC was HS class of 2021, 3.8uw/4.1w and 1440 SAT. Iowa offered $12,500/year in merit.

I don't know Iowa specifically but don't get caught up in someone's actual statistics. For most of these schools (and a school like Nebraska), once you hit the minimum stat levels, you get X$$s.

One of my kids went there. Had a good experience, academically and socially. Got into a top grad school program coming out of Iowa with departmental honors and strong GRE scores, and has a good job back on the East Coast now. Kid was hardy by nature and prepared for the cold winters.

We loved Iowa City when visiting. "Iowa nice" is real.

Anonymous wrote:I live in Iowa City right now for a visiting professorship. It is a very bad school and a very bad town. The end.

Can you give any details here? Like what is bad compared to other large publics?

What about fsu or Clemson? Are those SEC?

I live in Iowa City right now for a visiting professorship. It is a very bad school and a very bad town. The end.

Anonymous wrote:Look at Iowa State, Nebraska, and Michigan State too.

Ames is cow country, even for Iowa! And East Lansing is not a pretty town.

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Anonymous wrote:Tell me about your experience with visits or child attending. Junior DS has visited in-state MD schools and prefers a larger school. Need some OOS back-ups for UMD that aren't too expensive. Not really a SEC guy.

TIA

Iowa isn't inexpensive from out of state. It's $50K out of state tuition/room and board, etc. Plus travel costs.

Do they offer merit aid to OOS students with strongish stats? 3.9UW 10-12 AP classes.

DC was HS class of 2021, 3.8uw/4.1w and 1440 SAT. Iowa offered $12,500/year in merit.

My DD with 3.8uw/4.4w 28 ACT got 9k/yr. They offer up to 15k I think. Your kid will probably get closer to 15.

We LOVED it when we visited. Iowa City is a great place with tons to do. Campus was beautiful too.

Where did she ultimately attend?

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Anonymous wrote:Tell me about your experience with visits or child attending. Junior DS has visited in-state MD schools and prefers a larger school. Need some OOS back-ups for UMD that aren't too expensive. Not really a SEC guy.

TIA

Iowa isn't inexpensive from out of state. It's $50K out of state tuition/room and board, etc. Plus travel costs.

Do they offer merit aid to OOS students with strongish stats? 3.9UW 10-12 AP classes.

My DD with 3.8uw/4.4w 28 ACT got 9k/yr. They offer up to 15k I think. Your kid will probably get closer to 15.

We LOVED it when we visited. Iowa City is a great place with tons to do. Campus was beautiful too.

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Anonymous wrote:Tell me about your experience with visits or child attending. Junior DS has visited in-state MD schools and prefers a larger school. Need some OOS back-ups for UMD that aren't too expensive. Not really a SEC guy.

TIA

Iowa isn't inexpensive from out of state. It's $50K out of state tuition/room and board, etc. Plus travel costs.

Do they offer merit aid to OOS students with strongish stats? 3.9UW 10-12 AP classes.

Look at Iowa State, Nebraska, and Michigan State too.

Anonymous wrote:Tell me about your experience with visits or child attending. Junior DS has visited in-state MD schools and prefers a larger school. Need some OOS back-ups for UMD that aren't too expensive. Not really a SEC guy.

TIA

Iowa isn't inexpensive from out of state. It's $50K out of state tuition/room and board, etc. Plus travel costs.

Tell me about your experience with visits or child attending. Junior DS has visited in-state MD schools and prefers a larger school. Need some OOS back-ups for UMD that aren't too expensive. Not really a SEC guy.

TIA