<p>I qualify for need base financial aid, although there are great universities within my state, I it impossible for me to not notice all the other great universities offered within the country. So base on my financial situation, I had to eliminate the following public universities ( listed below) due to myself concluding that if accepted, financial aid largely offered will probably range from 15k-25k a year in loans. Is my conclusion right, or do anyone think if accepted into the universities ( listed below) as need base aid I could likely get no more than 2-5k in loans a year? I really would like to avoid taking out 10k of loans a year etc…</p>
<p>University of Wisconsin Madison
University of Illinios Urbana Champaign
Ohio State University Columbus
Pennslyvania State University College Park
University of Maryland State Park
University of Washington Seattle
Indiana University Bloomington ( have not completed eliminated school from my list, as I’ve read they are part of a certain program where many financial need students get great tuition aid)</p>
<p>I mean, given that you really would like to attend one or more of these schools, applying and applying for financial aid can’t hurt. It’s impossible to know how much in loans you’ll be given ahead of time, particularly without your family income info. None of these schools would require the CSS PROFILE, so assets would not be an issue.</p>
<p>I dunno. Some OOS students find it financially feasible to attend public universities in another state because even without substantial need-based aid, the schools are still less expensive than other privates. I’d probably pick your top 3 or 4 favorites of this list and apply anyway.</p>
<p>And I think you mean “Penn State, University Park” and “University of Maryland, College Park”, for the record.</p>
<p>Coolbreeze, what is your income level? If you are under or near poverty level, Michigan State will cover the average costs for undergrad level and then a little bit more in subsidized loans (for things like travel cost and living necessities).</p>
<p>Anyways, go on individual college sites on here, they will be able to help you better. Also, some college websites have calculators for how much you are eligible in financial aid (roughly).</p>
<p>Oh right, University Park and College Park…</p>
<p>Romanigypsyeyes I’am already informed about Michigan State University, actually my sibling is part of the Spartan Advantage Progam. Although unfourtanly I can not apply to Michigan State University.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies, there are many other public universities I do have on my list currently ( such as Minnesota, Iowa), though the ones listed above I’am unable to conclude if I would get great financial aid and scholarships as compared to the ones I currently have on my list.</p>
<p>I know that while my kids like UWashington, it won’t be on their lists due to the OOS COA and lack of merit aid for OOS. My assumption is that with the dire fiscal condition of WA, FA will be extremely poor for OOS students.</p>
<p>Have you also considered how much it will cost to travel to and from those other colleges? Ohio State University in Columbus is like a 5 hour drive from East Lansing.</p>
<p>Long story, but basically the health system within Lansing metro is horrible. I have a server allergic reaction or something, bad health condition for months, things have slowly gotten better after I’ve concluded that a lot has to do with mold, and currently I’m on a mold free diet ( use to be mold and gluten free). Very long story, but I couldn’t possibly live in Lansing as did growing up, this is definately my last year as such in Lansing, completely a living nightmare.</p>
<p>based on what I’ve read on cc, UVa is the only top public that offers full financial aid to OOS’ers. Other publics may offer merit scholarships, but don’t meet 100% of need for OOS.</p>
<p>Well so far public schools I have listed as good for OOS are:
University of Minnesota
University of Iowa
University of Arizona
George Mason University
Ohio University
North Carolina State University</p>
<p>Those are the only public OOS I could think of</p>
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<p>UVA and UNC are also worth mentioning, but more difficult to get admitted.</p>
<p>Sorry, not to harp, but how do you know that any of these schools is going to provide better medical treatments? The Gallery at MSU is especially designed to help students with strict diets. I have celiac disease and one of the reasons that I chose MSU was because of their help with people with special diets. </p>
<p>How do you know that the health systems in any of these cities is any better than what we have here?</p>
<p>I’m not sure how much better the health system will be in a different city, but I definately won’t experience the nightmare I have in Lansing. In all, the city is no longer a good environment for me after my long term ( still lasting) experience with the health sytem. I’m much happier I experience this during my last years of high school though, since now I will be going off to college.</p>
<p>Is your problem with the physical environment, and allergens present there, or with the health care delivery in Lansing?</p>
<p>If your problem is allergen specific, you need to look for places where you won’t be exposed to that particular item. Back in the last century, victims of seasonal allergies were encouraged to move to the southwest where there were fewer blooming plants. That might not work any more, given all of the irrigation in urbanized areas.</p>
<p>If your problem is with health care delivery, then you need to take that into consideration when you are looking at schools. How easy would it be for you to access any specialized care that you need? </p>
<p>Do you need to do your own cooking so that you can follow a particular diet? Do you need to live in a mold-free (or at least limited mold) environment? Then you need to find a school with adequate off-campus housing and/or university housing with cooking facilities.</p>
<p>Have you been through allergy testing? I had to go through that and what the doctor’s first thought was a food allergy turned out to be a strep infection causing hives.</p>
<p>Uh, yeah. Especially since you don’t know for sure what’s wrong. They kept telling me that my celiac’s was IBS. You NEED to go to a specialist especially if it’s making you sick and if you are basing potentially life-altering debt (by going to an OOS school) on your own self-diagnosis.</p>
<p>Anyway, at least apply to schools like MSU as a fall back. If they find out that it is something else and the other schools are out of reach financially, MSU (or UMich even) is never a bad fall back option financially.</p>
<p>Oh ofcourse, I’am applying to University of Michigan. Though unfourtanly I will not be applying to Michigan State University due to my experience within the city, a complete living nightmare. Going away from home for college sounds all, and so much more better.</p>