<p>1) How is UA Fairbanks when it comes to financial aid? Do they have any non-federal programs that are available to out-of-state students?</p>
<p>2) How good do your stats have to be to qualify for merit aid?</p>
<p>3) How is Fairbanks, as a place? This might sound like a silly question, but does it have six months of day and six months of night like other polar regions of the world? How bearable is the cold weather?</p>
<p>^ 17 other views and no replies yet?</p>
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<li>UA Fairbanks is not well known on CC, note that it isn’t on the list of college subforums.</li>
<li>This is the wrong forum; your FA & merit questions should be on FA & Scholarship forum and your question about Fairbanks should be on the Search & Selection forum.</li>
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<p>I looked at UA-F and UAA in high school and was very interested but didn’t apply due the lack of substantial merit aid for out of state students, but that was four years ago.</p>
<p>^ They seem to be very generous to Alaska residents and natives. Here’s their new website: [Financial</a> Aid | Home](<a href=“http://www.uaf.edu/finaid/]Financial”>Financial Aid Office UAF | Loans, Scholarships, Grants | Financial Aid)</p>
<p>How much are you awarded for the Student Support Services Program (SSSP) Grants and the FSEOG?</p>
<p>I don’t know how good is good for their scholarships.</p>
<p>I can’t answer your scholarship questions but I can give some insight into the weather. My sister lives in Wasilla, outside Anchorage. </p>
<p>Fairbanks is cold. It looks like you live in Florida. If you have not expreienced cold before you may have difficulty adjusting. If you like winter weather, and winter does start early in Alaska, you would probably be OK if you dressed appropriately. Locals are still active outside snowmobiling etc. so it’s not like everyone stay indoors all winter.</p>
<p>I have not traveled to Alaska in the winter because I’m not crazy about de-icing planes but I have been there in the early summer when it’s light all the time. BY light all the time I don’t mean bright sunshine. It was more what I would consider dusk or evening light. Most people buy shades that darken their bedrooms to be able to sleep.</p>
<p>As a Florida resident, I wouldn’t count on aid from UA-Fairbanks. State schools have little FA to give and save it for residents.</p>
<p>What is your situation?</p>
<p>What is your likely EFC?</p>
<p>What are your stats?</p>
<p>How much will your parents pay each year?</p>
<p>What’s your interest in Alaska?</p>
<p>I just read elsewhere on CC that the U. of Alaska waives the OOS tuition difference for any student who invests in the State of Alaska’s 529 plan for college savings (a resident of any state can invest in any other state’s plan). Check that out before taking my word on it, but that would be worth $5,400 a year.</p>
<p>I don’t know anything about this school in particular (other than reading what gadad read) but another factor to consider is that apparently the school is considering substantial tuition hikes over the next two years:</p>
<p>[Fairbanks</a> Daily News-Miner - University of Alaska Fairbanks Chancellor Rogers explains possible tuition hike](<a href=“http://www.newsminer.com/view/full_story/7329029/article-University-of-Alaska-Fairbanks-Chancellor-Rogers-explains-possible-tuition-hike?]Fairbanks”>http://www.newsminer.com/view/full_story/7329029/article-University-of-Alaska-Fairbanks-Chancellor-Rogers-explains-possible-tuition-hike?) </p>
<p>I know when I had a subscription to US News and World Report’s online college info, I could look up what % of need was met for students and how much students received in grants vs loans. The catch there is that you can’t tell the differences between in and out of state students (meet could be met well for instate students but not out-of-state) and you don’t know if the school has a lot of students whose need is wholly or substantially met by federal aid or Staffords alone. </p>
<p>The questions you asked above (stats needed, etc) need to be asked directly of the financial aid office. I would also ask them how many scholarships are available for oos students and how many students compete for them? How many oos students are judged to have aid and have full need met and how much of that is with grant/scholarship $ (as opposed to loans)? </p>
<p>State schools do not generally meet the full need of oos students but the specific school may meet your need, especially if you are given a merit scholarship or your need isn’t high.</p>