Wanted to post this on its own thread as I posted this somewhere else as well so if you are in the same boat as me it may be helpful. Saved me a ton of money
I stumbled by accident on to something that was just passed for this year. It’s a grandparents waiver for the state of Florida. They only give out about 350 for all colleges in Florida. If you kid is out of state you can apply for in state tuition if you are top ten percent in SAT and have a certain GPA and you have grandparents in the state of Florida. Anyway my son got that so we got in state tuition and a merit scholarship that helped pay for the tuition as well. Just wanted to post that for people who did not know and may be in the same situation. Made going to Florida a reality and save us about 25k a year. Not many know about it so we were lucky as it’s first come first serve if you qualify and out of the 350 UF only has about 35 of the waivers
I stumbled by accident on to something that was just passed for this year. It’s a grandparents waiver for the state of Florida. They only give out about 350 for all colleges in Florida. If you kid is out of state you can apply for in state tuition if you are top ten percent in SAT and have a certain GPA and you have grandparents in the state of Florida. Anyway my son got that so we got in state tuition and a merit scholarship that helped pay for the tuition as well. Just wanted to post that for people who did not know and may be in the same situation. Made going to Florida a reality and save us about 25k a year. Not many know about it so we were lucky as it’s first come first serve if you qualify and out of the 350 UF only has about 35 of the waivers
