<p>Is it just me, or would 99+% of the students and parents reading this thread be thrilled to be paying only 5k for a college education? Am I missing something?</p>
<p>I really can't understand this feeling that somehow schools should provide education at no cost to the student, and if they don't then they are "pretty lame" or something similar. A 1/2 tuition award is pretty good in anyone's book, and a net annual cost of $5k for college would be seen as a blessing for most families. </p>
<p>When I went to school back during the Jurassic period, I had loans out the wazoo. My wife worked her way through on the 6-year plan. Today, apparently, students (and their families) expect someone else to pay for their education. </p>
<p>Go figure.</p>
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I'd still have to pay another 5k to go to OSU.
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<p>Wow.</p>
<p>Just... Wow. 5k is what I'll make over the summer.
But let's say most people are working minimum wage jobs. Combine full-time summer with part-time school, and you've still got enough. For ZERO DEBT.</p>
<p>5K per year for a good college is actually the opposite of lame, and, though a single post in a forum is hardly a good measuring of one's character or ideals, I urge you to reconsider what you think real life is like, and what it costs.</p>
<p>I apologize if I sound caustic, but when you're someone like me who turned down his first choice college who wants 30,000/yr out of him and his family, regardless of outside scholarships, you REALLY REALLY appreciate institutions that do not offer student loan debt as the only way out.</p>
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<p>I took it to be 5 grand annually. If that's the case then $20,000 plus interest vs a near full ride, one has to question what the OSU experience is worth.</p>
<p>^ Well, true. In fact, anything vs. full ride makes you think twice.</p>
<p>But if college only costs you 5k a year, and it's any place bigger than PoDunk U, I still have to say you're getting a sweet deal.</p>
<p>I agree with The Speaker. I paid $5K a year for our local Catholic high school. For college that seems rather economical. </p>
<p>While nothing compares to a full ride, OSU seems to offer aid comparable to or better than most of the large, public, research universities.</p>
<p>"Today, apparently, students (and their families) expect someone else to pay for their education."</p>
<p>Well said, PennilessParent. There seems to be alot of complaining here about how stingy OSU is with scholarship money. IMO, Ohio State is very competitive with other large, public research universities. My son got a beter FA offer from OSU than he did from Pitt, Penn State and Michigan State. Comparing FA offers from big public schools to those from small, private schools is like comparing apples and oranges. Many small schools offer lucrative aid packages to attract students. Larger schools like OSU don't need to do this because they have a much larger pool of qualified applicants. It's the basic principle of economics: supply and demand.</p>