<p>Would it be acceptable to accept my offer of admission (which is due by May 9) without yet knowing if I will be able to afford it? </p>
<p>From my current offers, it's between UC San Diego and UT Austin. I prefer Austin but unsure if I will be able to cover the tuition as I'm still looking into private student loans. Austin offers a deposit waiver, which I will use to accept admission, but if I am unable to come up with the tuition expenses, would it be okay to then decline? </p>
<p>Also, I'm still waiting for my top choice of GA Tech which is wanting my Spring grades before levying a decision...</p>
<p>Assuming you’re willing to take advice from a person still in high school, the only option I can see is the one I’m sure you already know quite well; go with the school you can afford - or I suppose in this case reject the school you can’t afford.
If UT Austin is a school you really want to go to, give it one more try and call the Financial Services office [FINANCIAL</a> AID: Office Address, Phone Number and Hours](<a href=“http://finaid.utexas.edu/contact/address.html]FINANCIAL”>Cost & Tuition Rates - Texas One Stop - University of Texas at Austin)
Ask them specifically for fund availability / any programs that they might have that you just don’t know about or need to apply to. If at the end of today you can’t get a hold of them, or get a confirmation that there is nothing you can do about the funding, just look for a school you can afford. It’s not worth going hundreds of thousands into debt for.</p>
<p>As for your second question of declining later, I don’t believe a financial situation can change in such a short period of time. Whether thats allowed or not, it’d probably be better if you don’t tempt yourself to accept a school you can’t afford.</p>
<p>Nothing has changed, but other people take out debt for their schooling. The only concern is if I don’t get approved for enough funding from a private student loan. But my CoA will be much lower as I’ll only have to pay ~33k for the school and then wherever I live off campus, which I’m seeing places for ~$500. </p>
<p>The only variables are being approved for a loan that covers the cost and then if I get accepted to GA Tech which is top choice, but won’t hear back from them until June.</p>
<p>Also, I need a waiver for the vaccination. Should that waiver be denied I’ll go to San Diego… So three things that may prevent me from attending, but in the mean time I don’t want to lose my opportunity.</p>
<p>I suggested to go to Financial Aid & Scholarships and ask for advice there. Why did you not do it?
You will need a cosigner for private loans, and parents with EFC 0 will not be approved. I cannot even understand where you’ve got an idea that you’d be able to borrow enough money to cover the difference.</p>
<p>What’s happened to UIUC? How did GA Tech become the first choice? And WHY don’t you want to go to San Diego, most likely the most affordable option?</p>
<p>UIUC is wrong major. To make things simple I decided to stick with my original field of Computer Science.</p>
<p>GA Tech was originally my first choice until I found Cornell. I’d rather be in the south than anywhere else and their program is top ten for my major with companies always bringing free food and goodies to offer jobs/internships at their CS department. Also, I like the way their CS program is laid out with threads. After being rejected now though from Cornell GA Tech has regained it’s position of top choice. Unfortunately, I must now wait until the end of June to know what their decision will be. All other schools have come in.</p>
<p>I was just hoping to get out of CA. San Diego is better than I was first thinking though. I was especially impressed by the school having it’s own catering company. Additionally, Payscale has some ranking of highest salary potential based on public university and San Diego comes in at 8 on that list while Berkeley 5, GA Tech 6, UCLA 19, and UTA I’m unsure. And comparing the programs of UTA and UCSD, UCSD allows more customization of one’s degree than UTA. </p>
<p>As of right now though, I was accepted to USC. GA Tech wanting Spring Grades and every other private school rejecting me, I was really anticipating a Spring Grade request or denial. Being accepted to USC now, I am waiting to see my FA package. I do believe I will have to decline my admission to UTA as USC will likely be more affordable no matter what the package.</p>
<p>fyi, i sent in a vaccine waiver and it was approved.</p>
<p>i was accepted to ucsd (as well as ucsc and ucsb), but i declined as they put limits on how long you can be there to complete your degree after transferring. ut austin does not really put limits on it. at the UCs, i wouldn’t be able to complete my degree.</p>
<p>ucsd is a better school than austin. it is also INSANELY more affordable if you’re a california resident. they offered me over 20k in grants (around 15k in university grants alone). austin has so far offered me an initial university grant of a whole $85.00. eighty-five dollars. EIGHTY-FIVE DOLLARS. but i am now a texas resident. my hands are tied.</p>
<p>If you got $20,000 from UC and $85 from UT it means that legally you are still a California resident.
On what grounds do you claim to be a Texas resident, I am just curious. It’s not that easy. You cannot just move and say that you are now a Texas resident.</p>
<p>no, the UCs were giving me that with being out-of-state. they even said i was out of state. they were charging me out-of-state tuition. ut austin says i am a texas resident. they are charging me texas resident tuition. i have lived here in texas for like 3 years now.</p>
It’s not that easy. You cannot just move and say that you are now a Texas resident.</p>