UVA is unique in the US with UNC among public universities in that it provides financial aid to OOS applicants. So, any other public university won’t, even if you qualify for FA. Some offer merit scholarhips but the deadlines have passed in most cases.
I urge you to get on the mailing list for St Olaf- type “join the mailing list” plus name of any college, use the email address you created for college info. Check regularly (at least once a week), open the emails and click on links that look interesting : this is tracked and helps when they’re deciding between 2 applicants.
I think it could be a good ED2 for you if you like what you see - math, music, and premed are their strengths so 2 out of 3 for you, they meet need, your stats make it a high match.
You could apply RD ( I think you have a shot there) and apply ED2 elsewhere - look into Bates, Connecticut College, Skidmore…
Berea is likely to work financially too if you can get in -it’s a top college that is solely dedicated to lower and middle income students as well as first gen students. All admitted students get a full scholarship and an on campus job that allows them to earn money for room&board+spending money. It is highly competitive obviously but it’s worth a try.
You need colleges that meet need if 12k seems like a lot of money.
UVA is a reach out of state. Virginia requires a high percentage of admission (maybe 70%) to come from in state. They offer FA to OOS because the students they accept tend to be at the very top of the GPA/ test range.
Florida has some of the lowest tuition in the country. If you’re looking at medical school, you really should stay in-state and keep the debt low. Your best chance for medical school is in your own home state.
I hate to tell you this but if your NPC is running around $12k, it is likely that you will need substantial aid to get by at OOS schools unless you mom has something up her sleeves that we are not privy to.
For perspective, the average cost of a public school is $19K and private is $32K.
So, North Carolina has a program called NC Promise (NC Promise – UNC System) . You can take a look at Western Carolina University, which is in the mountains of NC and has a very solid pre-med program. Best part is that OOS tuition is very low and your total will be around $18K. So with some loans, you will be good to go.
In OP’s original post, he stated he applied to UVA, UF, and FIU.
I honestly don’t think UF is in play (UVA also a super reach). I am a high school teacher in Florida and have two sons who graduated in '21 and '23. In seeing the results of my own kids and their friends as well as the students where I teach, UF gets more competitive every year. It is not test-optional, and the students admitted seem to be top ten percent of their class with higher test scores than a 1280.
Here is the Common Data from UF
Unless OP would be happy with FIU, to stay in Florida, he should really look at some schools with rolling admissions.
Agreed - there is near zero chance at UF and UVA and at $12K, the suggestions above of the NC Promise schools is good - but there’s also your UNF, UWF, FAU, FGCU, etc. that OP should look at or community college.
Yes, but I wanted to suggest a reachable reach within Florida beside FIU Honors (which I’m 99% certain OP will get into ) and I’d already suggested USF. But I should have realized the priority deadline had passed.
@cucag, in Florida you’ve got Eckerd - you wouldn’t get a geography boost but you could use your BF funds and they have financial aid (run the NPC -they don’tmeet 100% need but they have scholarships). Apply this week and you’ll hear by january 15.
If @Cucag 's EFC/SAI is around 12k, IMHO the best combination in terms of being OOS, reachable, meeting need, being strong in math& for premed, and with a geographical diversity boost to boot, is StOlaf.
Berea is another one if OP falls within the income parameters.
Oos public universities won’t work so I’m/we’re trying to find private colleges for OPs stats that meet need and where coming from FL may be a geographical boost. Hence, WheatonMA, ConnColl, Skidmore, etc. (Ed2 at one of the last 2).
I have two sons in college - one in Denver and the other in Boston. Both got decent help financially. Definitely more than in state tuition, but doable for us. One thing we underestimated was the cost of travel especially coming from a vacation destination state. I advise my students who have dreams of OOS schools to factor that cost in their planning. They need to think about how often they will be able to come home, or if the parents want to visit. A plane ticket to get my Denver student home during spring break was over a thousand dollars.
) and I’d already suggested USF. But I should have realized the priority deadline had passed. 