LSU offers a scholarship to out of state students that essentially pays for the out of state fees. I actually received one and I wouldn't say I had an amazing GPA, I just had pretty good ACT and SAT scores. That's the entire reason why I left DFW to go to Baton Rouge, so it's not as if they aren't doing almost the same thing. I know a lot of people that went to the Arkansas and Missouri, but I was the only one I knew in my high school that went to LSU though.
That is really good to know, since my kid is 6 I havent really begun to dig into the college tuition rules but of course when she does get that age I will be pinning up an LSU application each day. So good info to know.