Blended families and financial aid strategies

<p>^^Health insurance independent of parents is no longer required because of the ACA. Anyone, dependent, independent,married, in the military can stay on a parent’s insurance until the end of the year he turns 26. </p>

<p>Vermont is actually pretty strict about residency for college. I already looked into it. He would have to move there and be entirely independent and employed before applying…and we’ve already applied. I do like the idea of the southern schools. We will investigate more. Thank you again for sharing.</p>

<p>Look very quickly! U of South Carolina has a very extensive scholarship and honors college application which is due by December 1. Many of their scholarships are decided on the strength of the admissions application. Their sports management program is top notch…and I believe somewhat competitive for admission.</p>

<p>Twoinandonedone…if this student gets residency IN Vermont, he will need Vermont insurance, I believe.</p>

<p>Some insurance can be used anywhere. My insurance can be used anywhere, so if one of my kids moves to anywhere in the US, it’s fine. Whether it’s good coverage in Vermont is a different issue (there may not be many preferred providers, so than I have to go out of network) but it is still insurance. ACA allows independent adults to remain on their parents’ insurance. Period. Now the UVM might not deem that insurance sufficient, but that is a different issue and he’s not a student yet.</p>

<p>SUNY Cortland has a sports management program and I’ve heard excellent things about it:
<a href=“Sport Management Department Overview - SUNY Cortland”>http://www2.cortland.edu/departments/sport-management/&lt;/a&gt;
Out of state cost of attendance is around $32k.</p>

<p>I don’t think your son is going to get any money from Syracuse. And Syracuse cost of attendance is $60k.</p>

<p>Your son may also want to look at James Madison University in VA… only about 2 hours south west of DC. Lots of OOS students from the mid-Atlantic and the North East… There is a Sports and Recreation management Major – <a href=“Hart School of Hospitality, Sport and Recreation Management - JMU”>Hart School of Hospitality, Sport and Recreation Management - JMU, and it is located in the Shenandoah Valley, so a beautiful location. </p>

<p>The OOS tuition/ room/ board is approx. 34,000. </p>

<p>Very likely any Big Div I football school will have some sort of very good Sports Management program with internship opportunities.</p>

<p>. Sometimes the titles are a little different. Sometimes specific SM programs are in the Grad School, since having a grad degree is almost req’d these days, but even when the SM program is in the grad school, then the undergrad usually has a major (or majors) that feed into the grad program. </p>

<p>One grad program says this:</p>

<p>While there are no required undergraduate degrees to complete the Sports Management [grad school] program, we have seen that students show success in sports industry job placement with undergraduate degrees in the following: Marketing, Management, Public Relations, Communications, Finance, Accounting, Business, Exercise Science, and others. Some experience in communication and/or business is highly suggested to complete the program.</p>