Is going out of state worth it?

SOSConcern
Tue, 25 Jul 2017 18:23:17 +0000

UAH last year offered housing along with full tuition with ACT 34 and high HS GPA (4.0); full tuition for ACT 30 or above but that may be instate - they may differentiate with stats for OOS. They spell everything out on their web site www.uah.edu

There are a lot of high stat students at UA due many factors.

Nephew went to Iowa State and graduated ChE, but he was in-state, and it was a good place for him. Not so sure about OOS and how their scholarships would work or compare.

UA is pretty hard to beat for many students on many factors if the can gain a full tuition scholarship; plus they offer the automatic $2500/year for engineering/cs for these high stat students.

UAH is a ‘sister school’ to UA - along with UABirmingham. All are under one system but each have their own President and focus. UA is the state flagship. UAH is the smallest by # of students, but heavy in many areas due to tech town. UAB has a medical focus (med school and a number of professional schools - dentistry, PT, OT, etc) but also has engineering.

If one can gain a four year school scholarship and financial aid package, attending CC for first two years (and living at home so saving on housing) would need to be weighed out with costs for finishing 4 years under the two scenarios.