Free tuition for Florida students

As part of the state’s Bright Futures Scholarship program, students who achieve a 3.0 grade-point average in high school and get at least a 970 on the SAT will have 100 percent of their tuition and fees covered at the state’s community colleges. Until now, students who met that benchmark had to pay 25 percent of their tuition and fees at two-year institutions.

http://insidehighered.com/news/2006/07/05/floridacc

 

That's interesting. Georgia has their HOPE Scholarship Fund that is similar...only it applies to all Georgia residents, not just youngsters graduating high school, and I believe it's good for all 4 years of college. It pays $3000 per year, which sounds low until you look at the in-state tuition at the Georgia universities. Most of the schools are well below that.

Pug

 

Military Veterans who are Connecticut residents are tuition exempt at state schools in Connecticut. This included all of the community colleges, the Connecticut State University system and UConn.

You still have to pay all fees, buy your textbooks, and pay for parking.......

Still, it's a steal!

 

That appears to be correct - the idea is to releive some of the overcrowding at the state-supported four-year schools.

 

Now is this for a BA/BS or does it apply for grad school as well? Theoretically, A PhD?

 

I have no idea about the PhD, but it applies to master's programs, but to get the whole exemption you have to go full time and in-residence. All DL programs are fee-based, not tuition based, so they are not covered by the exemption.

 

Not all military veterans. Only specific classes of veterans, depending on dates of service. Those of us who didn't fit into those periods don't get the waiver.

 

Wow, I didn't know that. I assumed that, since I got the waiver, all military vets did. Bummer.

I just wish UConn's MPS programs weren't fee based, because I'd have done one of those degrees instead of the MBA I'm working on......

 

It is interesting to note that many people never fully research the options, such as the Military Vet benefits. One example is Texas which offer free tuition (state schools) for people who are handicapped (I don't have the definition of "handicap" used by Texas, although Blind, Deaf, Wheelchair Bound I know for sure. It's not as basic as the DoD's definition of Handicap % -- where everyone is handicapped -- but not as stringent so as to require immobility). Options like this are found all over, it's interesting to note what can be found with researching.

 

My girls got their BFA's totally through the monies given to them by the Bright Futures program. My son has had most of his education paid for also this way. The program goes through constant legislative revisions depending on the state budget. It comes totally from Florida Lottery money.