re: Is there such thing as a Full ride scholarship for academics?

My daughter says she's adventurous also. She plans to go out of state to the "best" school in her field, that she can get into, relative to what can happen financially.

And then she says she has no intention of pursuing her career in the U.S.

Im somewhat regretting that trip to Italy/Greece/Turkey.

I keep waiting for her to change a little...

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LSU doesn't have a cool 30 million extra laying around to cover the difference.

That being said, LSU's scholarships are behind the curve, but there is only so much money right now. If the state quits cutting higher ed budgets, maybe more money can be shifted toward scholarships.

Because the cuts over the past few years have been minimal, LSU added 4 new scholarship programs for non-residents and children of alumni.

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It really doesn't help that many alumni don't/won't/can't donate to the school's funds like they could/should, which could help provide for these scholarships and pick up some of the slack from these state cuts.

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Purdue is a excellent school for anyone interested in engineering,

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It's a great engineering school. She is going with UF though because it is close to the Green Swamp and is a good engineering school.

One of her teachers sits on a scholarship committee there and offered her enough to go through undergrad and med school. I wanted her to do it but she had no interest. The scholarship would be based on medical or biomedical so it doesn't help with Chem E.

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All 3 Lithettes did. One made a B in Physics and As otherwise between the three of them and combined for a 100 on the SAT. The also all were all state in some sport and lettered in 2

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Good job.

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That is true to an extent. They have a policy called 'need blind' admissions. They determine how much of the $70K price tag you can afford. Problem is, in their opinion, if the family makes around $125K a year, you can afford the entire thing. If the family makes less, they may not charge at all. That is not a high threshold. What sucks about it is that their endowments are so large that they really don't need tuition. The endowments are growing faster than the cost of giving everyone free tuition. Why do they charge tuition? Because they are a bunch of leftists. (Last line is my observation.)

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Harvard has very generous financial aid. According to their calculator a family of 4 with $125,ooo income would pay $12,600 per year.

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•20% of our parents have total incomes less than $65,000 and are not expected to contribute.

•Families with incomes between $65,000 and $150,000 will contribute from 0-10% of their income, and those with incomes above $150,000 will be asked to pay proportionately more than 10%, based on their individual circumstances. Families at all income levels who have significant assets will continue to pay more than those in less fortunate circumstances.

•Home equity and retirement assets are not considered in our assessment of financial need.

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Purdue is a excellent school for anyone interested in engineering,it always ranks in the top 10

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I agree with this; I don't know anything about financial aid but it's a great place to learn engineering.