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I still think you’ll be stretched to pay for room and board if you go to an instate school.*</p>
<p>I agree. Hopefully some FL state schools, such as UCF or New College might offer scholarship dollars that can be stacked on top of Bright Futures. </p>
<p>Room, Board, Books, misc, can easily cost $12k+ per year. That can be hard for a student to come up with since he can only borrow $5500 the first year. </p>
<p>He’s in a different situation then many kids. He won’t have parents who are paying his cell phone bill, etc. If he’s short for money one month, he won’t have parents to go to. He can’t rely on 100% of his own income to go for direct college costs. </p>
<p>He needs to include some schools that will give him big merit for his stats. There are schools that would give him a free-ride or near free ride.</p>
<p>And, if his SAT scores reflect his PSAT, he’s likely a NMF or at least a National Hispanic Scholar. </p>
<p>He hasn’t mentioned what his PSAT was.</p>