I decided to look up the price of tuition for each of the SMC just out of curiosity and I figured I could post my findings.
This is just a list of the out-of-state tuition prices.
VMI-$30,320
Norwich-$28,738
Georgia State-$26,908
Citadel-$24,800
Texas A&M-$22,817
Virginia Tech-$22,648
I have applied and have been accepted to Norwich and I am waiting to hear back from Texas A&M, those are the only 2 SMC I applied to. So far Norwich has been great about scholarships. I think last year they gave about a quarter of a million away in scholarships. Norwich has scholarship competitions and I attended the one in November(I wasn't accepted at the time) but didn't receive any money,ha, but I was notified around Christmas that I received a $68,000 scholarship for something else. They also invited me to another of the scholarship competition and I am sure their will be more. But basically don't apply based on money because schools always have scholarships to compete for. And if given the opportunity go to a scholarship competition at any of the schools,if they offer one, do it. Even if you don't get and money you still get an awesome experience at the school. Like many others I am still waiting to hear back from AROTC, so hope for the best there for everyone then its on to deciding schools.