re: Does LSU not give a crap about smart, in-state high school students?

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Mississippi State sent a thing that says a 34 is basically free OOS tuition and first year of housing. Kid wants to be an engineer, so definitely will check them out.

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You should get him to go for national merit. It’s still actually merit based, it’ll be easier to get in Louisiana than say New Jersey, and at least when I was going, UA and OU gave free tuition, books and tech stipend, a MacBook, and a free dorm reimbursement 1st year.

I had multiple friends in college who were children of LSU fans/Louisiana natives that went to UA for scholarships. That said, I’m not the type to sell UA over other schools. I loved my college experience, but UA has it’s flaws and there’s a lot of other good options out there.

Since he already has an idea of what career path he wants (engineer), I recommend going back from what type of place he wants to work.

Want to work at Space-X? Research what type of schools Space-X recruits from.