re: Note to Out of State Alums

My daughter starts college about this time next near. Her mom, me, and her step mom all have degrees from LSU, and me/her step mom still live here. She will graduate high school in Texas. When the rumblings of this cut first started, I was really upset by it, but after talking to some of those "in the know" folks down there, I really don't think it will affect all of the students that would have received Legacy scholarships.

It's my understanding that for the strongest students, out of state tuition can just be wavied - poof - it's gone.

As many posters know, scholarships/grants, etc, run through that FASFA clearing house. Many kids that were getting out of state Legacy scholarships would have made up at least a piece of that money through others monies found via the clearing house. I realize that's not a guarantee, but I'm just saying don't panic just yet. Let the clearinghouse/fasfa run it's course, then determine how much this loss of funding really hurts you.

In my case, LSU is last on my daughter's list (I know - shitty parenting obviously), but really, don't freak out just yet, out of state applicants. Maybe it won't affect you that bad.