if his goal is USF, and if he ends up at a public school, you could look at what schools in your area are part of the GAPP program w/ USF. also, if he does a Cambridge AICE Program at the high school and gets the AICE diploma, and does some other requirements, he could qualify for a Florida Bright Futures Scholarship.
only chiming in, because I had no idea about all of this until a couple years ago when my kid was starting high school and he's at one of the Gapp schools
USF expands program to enhance access for high school students from lower-income backgrounds
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The University of South Florida has nearly doubled the size of a program that guarantees admission to any of its three campuses for students who attend local...
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