Grand Canyon University and Utah State University

This week we are going to tell you about two schools outside of California.

The first school is in Pheonix, Arizona, Grand Canyon University.  Grand Canyon University is a small non denomination Christian school, but you don't need to have any religious affiliation to attend.  We are choosing this school because because they give substantial academic scholarships.  If you are a full time student you will pay $8,250 in tuition a semester.  Grand Canyon will give you $8,000 if your unweighted GPA is a 3.8 or higher.  They also will give you an early decision grant of $1,500 dollars.  So if you are doing your math...yep, tuition is ZERO!!!!  If you keep at least a 3.5 GPA while you are in school, you can keep getting the $8000 scholarship.  By the way, they give scholarship awards all the way down to $4000 dollars if your unweighted GPA is a 3.0.  You can see a complete breakdown HERE.

Grand Canyon University has a wide variety of majors that might interest you.  Some of their most popular majors are nursing, forensics, pre-med, athletic training, psychology, teaching, business, and the performing arts.

The requirements for admission to Grand Canyon University are a GPA of 3.0 or higher.  If you don't have that, you can also qualify if you have a 920 on your SAT or a score of 19 on the ACT test.  There are no specific classes that you have to pass. 

There is no admission deadline.  However, to get the early decision grant, you need to apply by January 1st.  If you would like to ask specific questions about Grand Canyon University, you have your own personal connection.  Please call Mr. Austin Badgett at 818-205-4819 or email him at austin.badgett@gcu.edu.

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The second school this week is Utah State University.  Utah State was voted the #1 public university in the west for lowest tuition.  They are in the top 3% of all Carnegie research institutions.  With more than 165 undergraduate degrees, you are sure to find a major that fits you perfectly.  The average cost of Utah State with tuition, books, fees, room & board is $14, 516.  The average cost of UC with those same items is $28, 754.  That's a great bargain!!

Utah State has a very helpful website.  We suggest going HERE and clicking on the botton, "WHY USU?"   That will be a great introduction to the school for you.

Utah State is having a few Open Houses in California next week.  If you can attend and are interested in the school, we strongly recommend making the time to visit an open house.  You will be able to talk to USU representatives one-on-one but most importantly they will be awarding scholarships right on the spot and waiving the application fee.  You just need to go the Open House with an official transcripts and your test scores.  HERE is the link to the Open House information.  If you have questions about this, please see your counselor.