<p>Take a look at this:</p>
<p>[The</a> Gateway Award Program: Ohio University Admissions](<a href=“http://www.ohio.edu/admissions/gateway/index.cfm]The”>http://www.ohio.edu/admissions/gateway/index.cfm)</p>
<p>The Gateway Award Program is very generous. The Gateway Excellence Scholarship is renewable for 4 years, valued at the full in-state tuition amount…but OOS students are eligible for this as well (as far as I can tell). The Gateway Trustee Award is specifically for OOS students…4 years renewable @ $6000/yr. The merit requirements do not seem too stiff to qualify for that award.</p>
<p>I’ve been very impressed with the Russ School of Engineering. Take a look on the OU website to view the curriculum for CS majors. Since the CS department resides in the School of Engineering, CS students are required to take some classes that may not be required of a typical CS major at another university. This may be a turn-off to some, but it was a plus in my son’s eyes. He has done very well, and loves it at OU. He will be interning this summer at a software company in Cleveland. His mom and I will miss seeing him, but it is a great opportunity for a student just finishing his Soph year…plus he will be very well paid, so it was a no-brainer.</p>
<p>Your son will have to decide if OU is for him, but I’d (at the very least) look into it further. Good luck…and let me know if there is anything else I could help you with.</p>