Waiving Out-of-State Tuition at USF?

Paying for College
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<p>Heya! Here are my “credentials”:</p>

<p>GPA: 3.80
ACT: 30 (English 29, Math 35, Reading 24, Science 30)
SAT: 2050 (Critical Reading 690, Math 680, Writing 680)
Coursework:
Freshman Year - Algebra I H, Geometry H, English I H, Intro Speech, Int. Science H,
US History H, Freshman Orientation, Spanish 2, PE
Sophomore Year - Algebra II H, English II H, Gen. Bio H, Gen Chem. H, Debate, World History H, Pre-IB Spanish 3
SUMMER of 2010: Trigonometry (I got an A, of course :slight_smile: )
Junior Year - IB SL Environmental Systems, Health, Personal Finance, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB English III, IB SL Spanish, IB HL Math I, IB HL Psychology I
Senior Year (Now) - Computer Programming I,IB HL Math II,IB HL English IV,IB HL Psychology II,IB SL History, Physics I, IB Theory of Knowledge</p>

<p>Other Stuff: IB Full Diploma Candidate; Math Club Member, Grade 11-12, (State and Regional Qualifier during Grade 11 [and probably this year as well]); Mu Alpha Theta Member (Math Honors Society), Grade 11-12 (President during Grade 12); National Honors Society Member, Grade 11;Student Council Representative, Grade 10-11;Tennis, Grade 9-10; Debate, Grade 10</p>

<p>I know that a lot of that is unnecessary information, but I like to post it just in case…
Anyway, I’m a Missouri resident, but I’m applying to USF because…it has a strong engineering program, it’s cheap, and it’s in Tampa. With that being said, are you guys aware of whether or not USF provides a way to waive Out of State Tuition? I’d really like to have as much of the cost covered as possible…and that would reduce it by about 10k. </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>If you’re National Merit/Achievement/Hispanic you’d get full tuition. As it is you get $9K for Green and Gold Honors. <a href=“http://usfweb2.usf.edu/Admissions/pdf/freshman-Non-florida.pdf[/url]”>http://usfweb2.usf.edu/Admissions/pdf/freshman-Non-florida.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>There are other schools that would give you larger scholarships…</p>

<p>And what about the engineering school in your state? Like Missouri U of S&T…Rolla?</p>

<p>Wouldn’t you get good merit there?</p>

<p>Also, Bama would give you free tuition plus 2500 per year as an engineering student with an ACT 30 and your GPA. That’s worth over $90k. This is an assured scholarship for your stats.
<a href=“http://eng.ua.edu/undergraduate/scholarships/[/url]”>http://eng.ua.edu/undergraduate/scholarships/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>there are other schools as well. Are you only looking at USF?</p>