<p>My daughter a highschool senior here in Illinois would love to go to school in South Carolina. She has 4.051 grade point average and scored a 29 on her Act. She has been a 3 yr varsity soccer starter, a student council officer, a FBLA officer and in a number of other organizations. she also has been an active volunteer. </p>
<p>We don’t have any money saved up for her college as she had Leukemia when she was little, her sister had a serious heart condition WPW SVT) that required two oblation surgeries and her mother has Non-Hodgkins Lympohma and as a result severe depression. So all of the kids college funds have been spent on medical bills.</p>
<p>Anyway she is a happy well adjusted young lady that I am very proud of and would love to figure out a way to send her to a good school in South Carolina. Her sister, a College sophmore at the University of Tulsa earned a full ride. But there is still quite few expenses. I have a really well paying job, so I don’t think there will be any grants forthcoming. I can probably come up with about $10,000 per year. So she is going to need to get some pretty great scholarships to be able to go to an out of state school.</p>
<p>Can anyone recommend good schools in SC where she might be able to get the kind of scholarships needed?</p>
<p>Furman University is a liberal arts school in Greenville SC and they have a history of giving good money. Same with Wofford College in Spartanburg. Plus Clemson and USC can give good money to good students I think…I live in SC so the Clemson USC scholarships may be instate mostly but I know they have some for out of state too!</p>
<p>Consider College of Charleston. My D with a notch higher stats (4.0 unweighted, top of class, 32 ACT–but no sports ECs) got a very nice scholarship offer there. However, even very nice wasn’t 10k/year net cost (we did not qualify for need aid either). More like 16k/year–the scholarship offer discounted tuition (did not eliminate it, but made it MUCH cheaper).</p>
<p>16k was cost of attendance for her with room/board.</p>
<p>My D visited and really, really liked it…decided on something closer to home in the end but it was a contender.</p>
<p>I don’t want to be a downer, but I think it will be unlikely to find something that will end up being only 10k a year if you don’t qualify for need-based aid. That said, I could be wrong so keep looking!</p>
<p>Look for schools where she would be in the top 25% of the applicant pool. The higher the better, if you are looking for high merit. Good luck!</p>
<p>Have your D retest. If she gets higher scores, she may get a merit scholarship. Have her take the SAT as well.</p>
<p>If you go to the USCarolina scholarship website, you’ll see which ACT/SAT scores are needed to get the various scholarships. If I remember correctly, read the fine print…some give OOS students X amount, but also waive or partially waive the OOS tuition portion.</p>
<p>If you can put in about $10k, and your D can borrow $5000, then that would cover room, board, fees, books, travel, misc. Your D essentially needs a FULL Tuition scholarship to make a school affordable.</p>
<p>You’re right, you won’t get grants to an OOS public like USoCarolina.</p>
<p>Before your D applies to various schools, run the Net Price Calculators. </p>
<p>What is it about USoCarolina that she likes? She may find better scholarships elsewhere.</p>
<p>Consider College of Charleston. My D with a notch higher stats (4.0 unweighted, top of class, 32 ACT</p>
<p>Just to clarify…An ACT 32 isn’t a “notch higher”…it’s a lot higher as far as colleges are concerned for merit. An ACT 32 is often the benchmark for large merit at the schools that give such. </p>
<p>Merit scholarships are often LARGELY determined by test scores that are backed up with a good GPA. ECs often have little to do with merit scholarships unless they’re highly competitive awards.</p>
<p>My DD, with similar stats, got offered $10K of scholarships from Clemson, $9K from College of Charleston, and $19K-ish from University of South Carolina.</p>
<p>It’s not enough to get the price down to $10K though - SC came the closest.</p>
<p>Here is SC’s scholarship page - the lowest that offers IS tuition for OOS students is the McKissick. The average stats get higher every year.</p>
<p>To get the price down to $10K she will need to be a McNair finalist or winner. The stats on that are killer - 34 ACT and 4.7 WGPA, and they don’t give out many of those.</p>
<p>The thing is “similar stats” aren’t the same as same stats when it comes to test scores. One point on a ACT (or equivalent SAT) can be a huge difference in merit. Notrichenough…your D’s M+CR SAT is equivalent to an ACT 30. I know at my kids’ undergrad, an ACT 29 only gets the student about $3,500 per year, but an ACT 30 gets a child $15,000…a huge difference.</p>
<p>If the student is looking for a southern SEC flagship kind of school with merit, she should look at Miss State and Ole Miss for merit scholarships.</p>
<p>She got a 1320, I know this because if she had been interested in Alabama I would have made her retake it until she got a 1330 because, as you know, that extra 10 points is worth $12,000+ per year.</p>
<p>I’m glad you have a photographic memory of my previous posts, it will keep me on my toes.</p>
<p>as you know, that extra 10 points is worth $12,000+ per year.</p>
<p>Right…that’s why “similar stats” doesn’t always net similar merit. A mere 10 pts can mean the difference between a token award and a substantial one. </p>
<p>As for my memory…it’s a gift and a curse…lol I remembered what you had posted about your D’s because I had specifically asked you what she scored in that thread.</p>
<p>I always thought it was strange that the jump in money was so incredibly high for 1 ACT point or 10 SAT points. Is there really that much difference in the desirability of a student between a 1320 and a 1330? Apparently… but it makes no sense to me.</p>
<p>I know…crazy. Similar for the 1390 kid…he gets about $15k, while the 1400 kid gets full tuition (about $22k)</p>
<p>That said, it’s not unusual for Bama to offer a larger scholarship for that “borderline” student.</p>
<p>Last year, some/many of the ACT 29 kids were offered 50% tuition scholarships…but these offers came in the Spring and weren’t assured. But they were nice surprises…an increase from $3500 to about $11k…and adjusts for future tuition increases.</p>
<p>Since you “… don’t have any money saved up for her college …,” I’m wondering why you are considering an out-of-state school. Even if your daughter gets a scholarship that covers OOS tuition, the costs of transportation are more if she goes to an OOS school. You should consider Illinois schools, too. If there is a need to go out of state, look at the Midwest Student Exchange Program. It allows Illinois residents to go to certain OOS schools for certain degrees, but pay in-state tuition. Maybe something there will be closer than South Carolina.</p>
<p>Please dont mind me cos my question is a lil out of the topic. I want to know if there are 2nd or 3rd tier colleges that offer full ride scholarships for high ACT scores</p>
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