Warm-weather universities with good merit?

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  Sybylla 4921 replies59 threads Senior Member

  February 24

  Are you still a junior? Keep chugging away at that SAT and try the ACT, try getting it a bit higher for better options. What is your UW GPA? Major?

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  thumper1 78303 replies3528 threads Senior Member

  February 24

  University of Alabama.

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  CupCakeMuffins 1156 replies113 threads Senior Member

  February 24 edited February 24

  sparklesemi wrote: »

  I'm currently looking for an east-coast university with warm weather that gives good merit to out of state students.
  
  Looking to pay $15k or less a year.
  
  Preferably Florida, South Carolina, etc.
  
  I have a 4.3 weighted GPA and 1470 SAT score.
  
  Please please please comment suggestions.
  

  
  Baylor, U Houston, Texas Tech, UTD, UNT, A&M may work well if you are interested in warmth and merit, a strong shot at internships and jobs is an added bonus in Texas.

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  ucbalumnus 83434 replies741 threads Senior Member

  February 24

  Unweighted GPA?
  
  Depending on unweighted GPA, there may be some full rides:
  
  Tuskegee
  Prairie View A&M
  Alabama A&M

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  onthewestfence 294 replies9 threads Member

  February 24

  @sparklesemi How did you do on the PSAT? You'll be awarded large merit in FL with a great score.
  
  If you prefer the smaller LACs, the choices in Florida include two public 100% honors colleges, New College of Florida in Sarasota and Harriett Wilkes Honors College in Jupiter. Wilkes covers Cost of Attendance (COA) for Benacquisto scholars.
  
  

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  twoinanddone 24814 replies20 threads Senior Member

  February 28

  onthewestfence wrote: »

  @sparklesemi How did you do on the PSAT? You'll be awarded large merit in FL with a great score.
  
  If you prefer the smaller LACs, the choices in Florida include two public 100% honors colleges, New College of Florida in Sarasota and Harriett Wilkes Honors College in Jupiter. Wilkes covers Cost of Attendance (COA) for Benacquisto scholars.
  

  
  NMF get the large merit in FL (COA at public schools and 2 privates) but just having a 'great score' gets you nothing from the state.
  
  Benacquisto covers COA at most Florida public schools, including New College and Wilkes

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  sparklesemi 4 replies2 threads New Member

  March 10 edited March 10

  oof
  

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  sparklesemi 4 replies2 threads New Member

  March 10

  Sybylla wrote: »

  Are you still a junior? Keep chugging away at that SAT and try the ACT, try getting it a bit higher for better options. What is your UW GPA? Major?

  
  My UW is 3.83 and I am undecided

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  sparklesemi 4 replies2 threads New Member

  March 10

  ucbalumnus wrote: »

  Unweighted GPA?
  
  Depending on unweighted GPA, there may be some full rides:
  
  Tuskegee
  Prairie View A&M
  Alabama A&M

  
  
  UW is 3.83

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  ucbalumnus 83434 replies741 threads Senior Member

  March 10

  3.83 meets the GPA threshold, and 1470 SAT meets the test score threshold, for these full rides:
  
  https://www.tuskegee.edu/programs-courses/scholarships/freshman-scholarships
  https://www.pvamu.edu/faid/types-of-aid/scholarships/university-scholarships/
  https://www.aamu.edu/admissions-aid/financial-aid/scholarships/index.html

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  sparklesemi 4 replies2 threads New Member

  March 10

  What about OOS tuition waivers for Florida or South Carolina universities? Could I possibly qualify for those?

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