<p>I’m applying to college next year, and I’m looking at schools that are 100% guarantees. </p>
<p>My list consists of UMiami, Pepperdine, Univ. of San Diego, Loyola Marymount, UCSB, and San Diego State.</p>
<p>SDSU is a safety, however, since they receive 55,000 applications every year and their acceptance rate is below 50% I would prefer a school that is much safer.</p>
<p>I’ve narrowed it down to ASU, UofA, and Indiana.</p>
<p>One thing I’m concerned about are finances. I will need some sort of financial aid from these schools that isn’t loans. </p>
<p>So do any of these schools give grants to OOS students? Which school gives out the most scholarships?</p>
<p>Also Indiana is more expensive than the Arizona schools, but Indiana guarantees to pay for an extra 5th year, if I am unable to get my degree in 4. And since the Arizona schools are quite large, there is a chance I will need a 5th year to graduate.</p>
<p>You are much less likely to get aid at an OOS public than their in state kids. You would need to be at the top of their pool to get a shot. None of the private schools you mentioned are generous aid schools either. Your financial safeties usually are in state states and privates where you’re in top 10% of applicants. There are very few need blind colleges and most of the ones that are will be very top schools.</p>
<p>I understand what a safety school is, however, I refuse to go to a Cal State school (other than SDSU). I really want to focus on ASU and Indiana. I’m just wondering which school tends be more generous?</p>
<p>I don’t know anything about ASU but do know that IU gives out what they call Faculty Awards to OOS students. The highest amount is $7K per year for the 4 years. I am not sure what the cutoffs are scorewise, but that info is on IU’s website. That $7K is bringing my son’s IU costs down to the same level he would be paying at Illinois.</p>
<p>ASU’s Barrett Honors College gives nearly a full ride to National Merit Finalists. U of A is also very generous. Is there any chance you would qualify?</p>
<p>My D and her roomate transferred from USD to U of A. Her roomate is out of state and got great money from U of A. She has a very low EFC and is paying less then half of what she payed at USD. They were extremely generous with her. She is a sophomore transfer. She is quite ecstatic with the award and happy with her school.
My D is in state and had recieved a good scholarship as a freshman though she did not get into the honors college as a freshman. As a transfer she recieved no money but this go round was accepted into the honors colleege. Her EFC was not that different from the instate tuition and costs so she did not fare as well as she did at USD with fin aid and scholarships. With U of A, the early bird gets the worm. They are much more generous with their early applicants and they do run out of work study jobs so apply early. If you want to work there are plenty of options that are not work study within walking distance.</p>
<p>My D applied this year to ASU, Florida State and Clemson (as well as our in-state flagship and two privates). She was accepted to Barrett at ASU. Of the three OOS publics, ASU’s aid was by far the worst, being almost all loans. By way of comparison, she got an out-of-state tuition waiver and some nice grants from Clemson. Clemson ended up being quite a bit less than the state flagship. So, ASU not so much.</p>
<p>My daughter, who decided to attend another university, received the $7K Faculty Award from Indiana, plus another $5K from the Honors College. I remember being very nervous about the terms of the Honors College award though - I think she needed to maintain a 3.5 to keep it. So far, she’s managed to do that at the school she ultimately chose, but who needs that kind of pressure? We basically viewed it as a “nice to have,” but did not count it as a sure thing when calculating affordability.</p>