<p>*Did your son go to Mines? How did he like it? Can you give me an idea of his financial aid package? My sons info: SAT 2150 (Math 760, Read 720) GPA (UW est) 3.95, maybe higher. So far he has 1 semester B with all A’s aside from that. *</p>
<p>alantx only posted one time and may have left CC, so you may not get a response.</p>
<p>Since you’re OOS for Mines, you may get merit aid like AlanTx did (if stats were similar), but you’re not likely going to get need-based aid other then whatever fed aid you might qualify for.</p>
<p>Typically a frosh with need would be offered something like 2000 in work study and 5500 in student loans. Work-study money is really for day to day expenses since it is paid out during the year like paychecks as the student works.</p>
<p>if you have a low EFC (under 5000), then you’d get a small Pell grant. Do you know what your likely EFC will be?</p>
<p>It appears from what I have read in this thread that $12k is the max OOS merit award. That leaves roughly $28K/yr to cover.</p>
<p>*I got my financial aid award letter today. The max institutional financial aid they give to OOS students is 10k (at least for this year). But if you got the 12k scholarship, you don’t qualify for institutional financial aid, regardless of your EFC or AGI (both were 0 for me). So the only thing you’ll get is the Pell grant and some small loans (total: 5.5k). Work study is 1.5k.</p>
<p>Fwiw, they’ve also raised the tuition to 29k for OOS students. </p>
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<p>someone posted the above earlier. Don’t know if that helps you. </p>
<p>You might try emailing their scholarship office with your son’s stats and asking what to expect. </p>
<p>Would your son get a more affordable offer from Texas A&M? Does he not like TAMU?</p>
<p>Keep in mind that awards of a set dollar amount will quickly be less valued as costs (tuition, room, board) increase each year. A $12k scholarship is less meaningful as costs exceed $40k+ per year.</p>