<p>I have been accepted to Virginia Tech and the NC State Honors Program, and am, of course, a middle-class white male with little change of financial aid. Both of these schools are out of state (I live in Georgia) and my financial aid package from NC State was meager (about a grand in grants and 4 grand in federal loans). I am yet to receive aid from Virginia Tech, but I’m assuming it will be the same story (also waiting on Honors acceptance). My thought was that, seeing as I am in the honors program, colleges may try harder to get me to go to their school, hopefully via scholarships and what-not. I am going on visits to both of these schools next weekend, and I was wondering how successful I may be if I try to go to the financial aid office and talk to them about giving me more financial aid. Has anyone tried this or know someone who has? </p>
<p>On a side note, my mother was recently laid off due to the recession, and I sent out forms to change the FAFSA to reflect this. Anyone know how how soon I will get a response or what kind of extra aid I will receive? Both my parents split the total income for the most part so we are down a good bit, out of Pell Grant range i think though.</p>
<p>but a senior in HS…</p>
<p>Okay. First question, why did you apply out of state? Is one of your parents a resident of NC or VA or did you just want to go to one of these schools?</p>
<p>Everyone here will want to know that! :-)</p>
<p>Generally speaking, out of state tuition is high and financial aid tends to go to state residents. But that should not stop you from contacting either FA Office and seeing if they would review your FAFSA changes. And ask for in state tuition. It cannot hurt. And see if any of the departments you are interested in have departmental awards.</p>
<p>I mainly applied to these schools in case I did not get into Georgia Tech (which I didn’t). The in-state competition in Georgia is insane thanks to the HOPE scholarship (for those who aren’t familiar, the state pays for tuition to in-state public schools if you have a 3.0 or higher GPA). So pretty much, every Georgian applies to both UGA (which I was dumb enough to not apply to) and Tech, making the market more competitive then most. And for Georgia, the gap between schools is huge, with UGA and GT being the best schools and the next best public school being Georgia State or Kennesaw state, neither of which i necessarily want to go to.</p>