<p>@physicsfreak - I can’t answer your questions about these schools directly, but one thing you might want to look at is that UF has FLAS scholarships available. These are not so well known, but are worth looking into. <a href=“http://www.ces.ufl.edu/FLAS/academic_year.shtml”>http://www.ces.ufl.edu/FLAS/academic_year.shtml</a></p>