Public School Scholarships

Paying for College
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<p>What large, big-time sports and party schools will most likely offer me a scholarship.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.5UW – 3.7W (I took the hardest courseload at my school. 18 semesters of ap/honors in 11th and 12th grade)</p>

<p>SAT (M+CR): 1270 (I got a lower score on my first SAT, but I’m retaking and this is what I’m getting on practice tests)</p>

<p>And I’m in the top 10% of my graduating class</p>

<p>I know I’ll get one at Washington State, but what about other Big 10 and Pac 10 schools like ASU and Indiana???</p>

<p>Thanks…</p>

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<p>Most of the schools will post their requirements for each scholarship on their website, or you can call them. ASU gave me the info by phone. MSU had it on their website. Just some examples.</p>

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<p>What I consider to be a “Big Sports School” is a school that is in a BCS conference (Big Ten, ACC, SEC, Big East, Big 12, Pac 10). With your scores, there are little schools that will give you significant money (i.e. $10,000+), however there are some that will give you small amounts.</p>

<p>I think that you’re a bit out of range with your grades and test scores to challenge at the most difficult publics to gain admission to (Berkeley, UCLA, Michigan, Virginia, UNC), so those aren’t included on this list. Also, I went by US News peer assessment, and since you’ve found an affordable safety school in SDSU, which has a peer assessment of 2.8, I figured you only wanted schools that ranked higher. Many schools are missing, but that’s the reason.</p>

<p>School /PA /Selectivity /% Receive Merit Aid /Average Merit Aid /25% /75%
**57. Ohio State University—Columbus * 3.7 62 89 9967 24 28
77. University of Colorado—Boulder * 3.5 110 72 1477 23 28
70. Indiana University—Bloomington * 3.8 166 65 4548 990 1230
112. Washington State University * 3 137 63 9127 1000 1210
81. Iowa State University * 3.3 123 61 6531 22 27
112. Univ. of South Carolina—Columbia * 3 123 58 5354 1060 1270
60. Texas A&M Univ.—College Station * 3.6 69 57 11160 1090 1310
70. Michigan State University * 3.5 113 57 8360 22 27
54. Univ. of Maryland—College Park * 3.7 47 54 5617 1180 1370
70. Clemson University (SC) * 3.1 66 51 10247 1130 1320
47. University of Florida * 3.6 39 50 13427 1160 1360
112. University of Kentucky * 3 90 46 6508 22 27
88. Univ. of Missouri—Columbia * 3.3 101 45 7190 23 28
98. University of Arizona * 3.6 137 42 3680 1000 1250
67. University of Connecticut * 3.2 87 41 9311 1090 1280
112. University of Oklahoma * 3 69 40 3957 23 28
110. Florida State University * 3.1 115 40 2533 1070 1250
**47. University of Texas—Austin * 4.1 49 36 8900 1110 1360
60. Rutgers—New Brunswick (NJ) * 3.4 82 36 5092 1110 1320
60. University of Georgia * 3.4 60 34 12973 1130 1330
**98. Univ. of Nebraska—Lincoln * 3.1 97 29 8751 22 28
**38. Georgia Institute of Technology * 4 42 26 7758 1250 1440
64. Purdue Univ.—West Lafayette (IN) * 3.8 137 22 7863 1030 1260
67. Univ. of Minnesota—Twin Cities * 3.8 77 20 4418 23 28
88. University of Alabama * 3.1 101 20 7660 21 27
81. North Carolina State U.—Raleigh * 3.1 101 18 10029 1090 1280
120. University of Oregon * 3.3 158 14 4010 1001 1232
41. U. of Illinois—Urbana - Champaign * 4 53 11 6239 26 31
77. Virginia Tech * 3.4 113 11 6585 1110 1290
47. Pennsylvania State U.—University Park * 3.8 87 10 2091 1100 1300
88. University of Kansas * 3.3 110 7 6840 22 27
88. Auburn University (AL) * 3.1 106 5 4136 21 27
Arizona State University * 3.3 n/a n/a n/a<br>
Oregon State University * 3 n/a n/a n/a<br>
34. Univ. of Wisconsin—Madison * 4.2 42 n/a n/a 26 30
42. University of Washington * 3.9 58 n/a n/a 1100 1320
57. University of Pittsburgh * 3.5 66 n/a n/a 1130 1330
88. University of Tennessee * 3.2 82 n/a n/a 23 28
64. University of Iowa * 3.6 106 n/a n/a 22 27</p>

<p>There are 39 schools listed here who fit the criteria (competitive for admission, public school, sports school). Now, 7 of the schools don’t list their aid, meaning they are hiding it. I know Wisconsin is awful with merit aid, they are one of the schools who decided not to list theirs. Your list is down to 32. Some of these schools you don’t fare well in gaining aid. Take Auburn for example. You will get in, as they accept many of their applicants and you are above their 25% range, however they give merit aid to 5% of their applicants. I highlighted 16 schools where you have a good chance of getting merit aid with your current scores. You could then eliminate some based on preference. </p>

<p>Go to each college’s website, they will likely have the exact scholarship you qualify for on their website. Some even have bonus features. For example, you are aware of Washington State’s WUE agreement with California. You get the WUE tuition, in addition to potentially the $9127 average scholarship that you are in range for. Some states will give you in-state tuition if you qualify for a scholarship. South Carolina and Texas A&M do so I know for sure.</p>

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<p>Thanks for all of the information.</p>

<p>The schools I would be interested in are Indiana, CU-Boulder, and WSU, so I’m glad they are listed. However, I would attend SDSU over WSU…and even with CU’s avg. scholarship it isn’t worth the extra money over SDSU. So with that information, I’m pretty sure I want Indiana to be one of my options.</p>

<p>Thanks again…</p>

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<p>SoCal,</p>

<p>I listed the OOS tuition minus the potential scholarship for all the highlighted schools. Here’s the tuition amounts for the 16 schools you are likely to receive a scholarship for:</p>

<p>School Tuition Scholarship Cost
60. Texas A&M Univ.—College Station * 6967 11160 -4193
70. Clemson University (SC) * 9400 10247 -847
112. Washington State University * 9670 9127 543
112. Univ. of South Carolina—Columbia * 7808 5354 2454
98. University of Arizona * 7131 3680 3451
47. University of Florida * 17791 13427 4364
98. Univ. of Nebraska—Lincoln * 15317 8751 6566
112. University of Kentucky * 14896 6508 8388
112. University of Oklahoma * 13999 3957 10042
81. Iowa State University * 16919 6531 10388
57. Ohio State University—Columbus * 20562 9967 10595
88. Univ. of Missouri—Columbia * 18050 7190 10860
70. Michigan State University * 21438 8360 13078
67. University of Connecticut * 22786 9311 13475
110. Florida State University * 17355 2533 14822
70. Indiana University—Bloomington * 20472 4548 15924
77. University of Colorado—Boulder * 23539 1477 22062</p>

<p>Take advantage of opportunities when they are presented. The top 5 schools all have a special tuition program. TAMU, Clemson, and SC all give you in-state tuition. WSU and Arizona give you 150% in-state tuition. This is all in addition to the scholarships you will receive. I should note that these schools might have incorrect numbers as they may have included the tuition reduction in their scholarship numbers.</p>

<p>There is a HUGE financial difference between Indiana and Arizona, and there may not be that noticeable of a difference in a degree. You’ll spend $50,000 more at Indiana over 4 years than at a school like Arizona, when the education is the same, the type of school is the same, and the environment is the same.</p>

<p>Also, there are schools like Oregon where you will not get a scholarship, but it will still end up being cheaper than schools you get a scholarship for. Oregon you have the WUE program for, meaning tuition is only 8955 for you. That’s cheaper than the majority of the schools on your list.</p>

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<p>Well I don’t plan on going to school in places like South Carolina or Texas so those aren’t options for me.</p>

<p>However, I still like UofA, ASU, and Indiana. I’ll probably pick one of the Arizona schools to apply to, and apply to Indiana and decide from there.</p>

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<p>US News is flawed…the numbers for SDSU are from like 4 years ago.</p>