|
Florida public colleges certainly aren't free but the State does have a wonderful scholarship program.
Florida use to have a great tuition payment program called Florida Pre-Paid but they did away with it this year. The program allows parents to begin paying tuition for a public Florida school from the time of the child's birth. The program locks in the tuition rates for the year you set it up. My parents set up my Florida Pre-Paid account back in 1981 so they were paying the rates for that year. The downfall, of course, is if the child decides to go to school out of state or at a private Florida school. I don't think you can get your money back if this occurs (someone from FL who knows can correct me if I'm wrong).
Florida also has the Bright Futures Scholarship which gets its money through the lottery. Depending upon your GPA and the classes you took in HS, you can either get a 100% scholarship or a 75% scholarship. I think the minimum GPA for the 75% scholarship is a 3.25.
It was a great deal. When I was in school, I had Florida Pre-Paid plus the 100% scholarship (and I had another scholarship). Florida Pre-Paid covered my tuition and my scholarship money was deposited into my bank account. I used that money for books, food, sorority, rent, etc.
__________________
ZTA
|