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Anonymous wrote:Any luck with Arizona, ASU or CO-Boulder? If so, amounts?

Boulder gives very little.

And Boulder is expensive for OOS students!

Anonymous wrote:Any luck with Arizona, ASU or CO-Boulder? If so, amounts?

Boulder gives very little.

Anonymous wrote:By 4.0 or you guys talking about unweighted or weighted?

PP unweighted. Technically 3.98

By 4.0 or you guys talking about unweighted or weighted?

Any luck with Arizona, ASU or CO-Boulder? If so, amounts?

To OP, are you targeting total cost 32K after all merit OR are you saying your contributions is 32K plus your child could take out another 5-7K in students loans and you have DC Tag 10K and your kid might be contributing summer earnings to cover books and spending money. If it’s the later, I think there are some East Coast/mid-Atlantic options OOS between 50-55K so modest merit of 5-10K puts it in range and starts to eliminate need for undergraduate student loans. Think UMBC, UMW, GMU and University of Delaware. I’ve also heard of slightly larger merit at UMass Amherst and Lowell brining the cost within that range or a little lower.

As other posters have mentioned, the bulk of the schools where you might get the total cost of the school to 32K with merit (considering room and board is average 11-15K ) would mean looking other than East Coast like ASU, University of Utah, Alabama, University of Minnesota etc.

whoops 4.5W ^^^^ not 4.6

Anonymous wrote:UMass gives good merit!

Yes, my daughter (3.9UW, 4.6W) got $16K from UMass, bringing the total cost down to about $36K.
She also got $17K from Delaware, bringing total cost to about $36K.
Only $3K from VATech ( ) which we knew was going to happen. At $48K, it's out for us.
Of course our in-state option is the cheapest, but she doesn't want to go there.

Anonymous wrote:Anyone have recent experience with strong merit aid packages being offered at a state school? My daughter is a strong student interested in premed but we can’t afford privates and although she’s hoping private schools will give her merit aid, I’m not so sure. I noticed Arizona is offering very strong merit aid for out of state strong students, like 32K a year. Anyone have any others to recommend?.

We had same issue, no aid or merit from top 10 schools but free rides from regional campus of state school. In the end settled for half tuition scholarships at top 20 schools.

Anonymous wrote:Alabama.

Alabama is great for pre-med. Many smart kids there saving money for med school, well-funded research jobs (Alabama has a lot of money from sports they use to fund research), and strong pre-med society that helps students find scribing and shadowing opportunities and internships. Worth checking out.

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Anonymous wrote:What about small privates? If your DD is premed it sounds like some of the less competitive SLACs might be snetter place to get the grades needed for med school. Others can weigh in but would a Wooster, Kalamazoo, St. Olaf, etc give good merit aid?

Kalamazoo and Wooster give excellent merit aid to strong students. Can make total costs comparable to in-state tuition in Virginia.

Juniata, Allegheny, Washington & Jefferson, Denison, Gettysburg, Dickinson, Chatham University, Centre College, Wheaton MA, etc.

Pitt in-state: 2K
UMN: 14K
Miami U: 30K
U Arizona: 30K
College of Charleston: 10K
UVM: 20K

UMass gives good merit!

Anonymous wrote:What about small privates? If your DD is premed it sounds like some of the less competitive SLACs might be snetter place to get the grades needed for med school. Others can weigh in but would a Wooster, Kalamazoo, St. Olaf, etc give good merit aid?

Kalamazoo and Wooster give excellent merit aid to strong students. Can make total costs comparable to in-state tuition in Virginia.

Anonymous wrote:Apply for the full-ride Jefferson Scholarship at UVA (you have to be nominated by your high school)

Do not count on this. You have a greater chance of getting to Harvard, given the stats.