Thank goodness we have almost a year to make this happen. The University of South Dakota has very reasonable tuition; even for out of state students. "If you're going to pay out of state tuition pay it to South Dakota," is still my mantra. Paying tuition anywhere is bad enough but there's also room, board, transportation, supplies, and in our case, winter clothes. (I've been told by several and I believe them; wait until she gets there to buy winter clothes.) The jury is out when it comes to engine block warmers, snow tires and/or chains. I'd welcome any advice about those.
Now we're looking to finance this venture. I know the Pell Grant, work study, and the federal student loan won't cover everything. Andrea is looking for a better job, We've been making lists of scholarships to apply for, selling candy bars, and set up a You Fund Me account. After she was accepted to USD I changed the color scheme on the site to match USD's CoYOTE colors, red and white. Here is the link to Andrea's GoFundMe page. http://www.gofundme.com/bsswgc There is also a banner at the bottom of this page.
The Universality of South Dakota has some school scholarships as well. Most are contingent on ACT/SAT scores and whether you applied for admission before a certain date. I know we made the application deadline, now for the ACT scores. I had been using Fridays as test prep day; now part of everyday will be devoted to test prep until until ACT test time next month.
"Admission without test scores?" I hear you asking. I was surprised too. Andrea's admissions counselor explained they admit students based on their transcript is their GPA is high enough. He said they use standardized test scores to determine in school scholarship eligibility for those students and math and English placement for all incoming Freshmen.
Our goal is to get a high enough ACT score for as many in school scholarships as possible..
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