re: I have bitched about LSU out of state scholarships on here before

Anyone who is out of state:
Contact your local alumni association. Some have scholarships that they offer to local students to get kids back to LSU.

The cash awards may be smaller, but they may offer additional perks like campus jobs or some out of state fee waivers. Also, the chapters generally have more say on who gets the award and there is less competition.

Anyone interested should contact the local chapter for what the awards are, any perks and the application process.

More brain dead takes from Judge Brown.

Lucky for you breathing is involuntary.

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But you need to become the expert.

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I am willing to do the work. Do you find the schools they are interested and go their website and look to see what is available?

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This is interesting. My son has a 4.2 and 29 on his act. He goes to a very good catholic college prep school and both parents are LSU Alums.

He was offered 15k/ year. What the OP posted is not what we received.

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Interesting. I was guessing based on what is being posted in Parent groups. LSU does not make their matrix available.

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I am willing to do the work. Do you find the schools they are interested and go their website and look to see what is available?

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I work in higher education and have done this twice for my kids and countless times for others. Here's my copy and paste guide for parents. This is for mainstream parents - if your kids are looking at elite/Ivy League schools, some of this applies but not all.

1. You have to be involved. The high school counselor has hundreds of students and is programmed to do what is easy. My guess is 80% of students leave money on the table. An involved parent is going to get more money for their child.

2. For most students, an SEC/Power 4 public state school experience where you live on campus is going to be $15-20k out of pocket. 32+ ACT can drop this significantly and <24 ACT is going to increase it. Your expectation as a parent should be to get it in that range for tuition/fees, room and board and books/supplies.

3. FAFSA is now calculated two years in advance. If your child is entering Fall of 2027 (this year's HS juniors), then your 2025 income is what counts for FAFSA. The "Cost of Attendance" that you see colleges publish is for FAFSA reasons.

4. Be cautious of allowing sports affinity to dictate everything in the college search process. "Fit" is the #1 thing you should be looking for. Just because your kids grew up Alabama fans does not make the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa the best choice for your kids' college.

5. Research the publicly available scholarship matrixes for any school your child is interested in. This will give you a good idea of what to expect as a starting point.

6. Don't ignore hidden gems because of the three S's (size, sizzle and sports). Louisiana Tech is great for Engineering. South Alabama is great for healthcare/medical.

7. Take an opportunity to visit schools when you can - even ones you aren't interested in. My child crossed UAB off her list because we drove through the University of Pittsburgh's campus. She didn't like the idea of going to college in a city scape.

8. When you take a real college visit (one where you are meeting with people), make sure you see and meet people in your desired major/department. You want to see the facilities you will be using, not just the student union. Colleges will normally be happy to set this up if you give them a little notice.

9. Initial scholarship offers are based on your six semester high school GPA (9th-11th grade). Most schools treat a 3.8 the same as a 4.0, so don't stress about that B in Physics. If you are on the border between scholarship levels, colleges will typically adjust once your final transcript is submitted.

10. For a lot of students, Dual enrollment > AP. You can get up to a year of college done in high school via dual enrollment. AP classes are great, and colleges give credit if you make a 4-5 (sometimes 3) on the AP exam, but most students fall short of the score needed for credit and all the extra work is wasted.

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My son went to A&M because his best friends wanted to go there.

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No friend would allow this - ew

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Dual enrollment > AP

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Thanks for the info. My daughter is doing both right now. It is a hefty workload.

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No friend would allow this - ew

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I know this is a joke but my sons are doing fine with an A&M education. They're not gay. Honestly TAMU women are vastly underrated.

Not too shabby.

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working in Colorado now and isn't gay

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