<p>question. my daughter receives financial aid and an athletic grant as an out of state student at a California state school. she can receive the total amount that can be given in financial aid but also receives an athletic grant. can that amount ever total the whole out of state tuition? and has anyone ever received a total tuition? thanks for input.</p>
<p>I know a grad from my son’s school who has a full ride athletic award from a UC. No financial aid in the picture. So, yes, one can get the whole out of state tuition covered by a scholarship, financial aid award, or a combo of both.</p>
<p>The problem with the combination, however, is that the government and most colleges have rules in place that you cannot get financial aid unless there is need, and most of the time any merit or athletic scholarship will go directly to the need, reducing any aid that the student would get. A student with a need of $30K who gets a $30K athletic or merit award, now has zero need , so if the school was thinking about, or had earlier given such a student financial aid of.let’s say full need, $30K, that is taken away. Even if the cost of the school is $45k it doesn’t usually work for half of that aid going to the part still outstanding. You have no need, the need is zero, financial aid is zero. whereas a student with no need can get the full $30k as all gravy, the student with need gets the athletic and other awards put towards the need first and get very little gravy, if any.</p>
<p>thank you. so basically we are on our own covering room, board and books if tuition is covered.</p>