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    For those that chose out of state schools, how did you decide?

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    I see all these great college acceptances in the acceptance thread with such a wide variety of colleges. I always wonder if most of these are in-state schools for the applicant, which narrows your focus considerably. Or are many of these out of state choices? And if out of state, how do you cast your net and decide where to apply? There are a million different university options if you're looking nationwide, how do you decide?

     

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    My D wants 2 things: an International Relations major (easy enough to find on lists) and high-level Arabic (very much NOT lol).

     

    I made a list on a legal pad of all the schools I could think of that might be a contender. There are almost 100 schools on the list. I searched the name of each school + Arabic to check the course offerings. I crossed off any school that did not have 6 course offerings beyond the advanced level (D will enter at advanced, the typical 5th semester).

     

    I compared the remaining school's International Relations programs and eliminated the weaker ones.

     

    We are in the position of having a high EFC that we are unwilling/unable to pay, so I next eliminated schools with unfavorable Net Price Calculator results (bye Yale), private schools that do not give any/many merit scholarships (bye Stanford), and public schools that do not give merit scholarships to out of state students (bye Texas with the amazing Arabic program, bye all UCs, bye Wisconsin).

     

    10 schools were left. D dug deeply into their websites and eliminated 2 in early summer. 2 more were eliminated in late summer. 1 was added in late summer because their Arabic program became an Arabic Language Flagship.

     

    https://www.thelanguageflagship.org

     

    She has applied to only 4 schools. All are large to very large out of state flagship universities. Three have Arabic Flagship programs; the other is essentially a flagship without the govt backing. She qualifies for automatic merit scholarships at three schools (full tuition plus at one). She is in contention for additional competitive scholarships at all four schools which range from $5K+ to half-tuition to full tuition to full ride to full ride+.

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    Silly question - but when are college applications submitted?

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    OP, since you're planning ahead, make a list of all the deadlines for schools your child might be interested in: Early Action, Early Decision (binding, must attend if accepted), Single Choice Early Action or Restricted Early Action (some privates and Ivys), and scholarships through the schools.

     

    Then next August check again.

     

    My D applied to a very selective scholarship program with deadline of October 14 at a university with a regular scholarship deadline of Nov 1 and a regular admissions deadline of Feb 1.

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