TCU is out of the mix? Was hoping your D would be a Frog.
Some schools charge you a fee for charging tuition on a credit card. My daughter’s first year they encouraged you to use a credit card, mentioned it in the parent’s orientation meeting and everything. Great, bonus points! The next year when I went to pay that way, there was a new 3% fee added to it. I was glad I had the money in the bank as it wasn’t a deal to pay that 3%. I was so mad at the school for not giving us any notice of the change.
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All of my kids’ schools charged a credit card fee so we always used a check.
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Is Trinity the final choice??
The University of Washington has a very strong Psych. department, and they have, among the the more traditional graduate programs, a Masters in Early Childhood Psychology. Something to think about after undergrad.
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We almost found this one out the hard way. I, too, was points greedy, and thankfully bothered to read the warning before hitting “pay”. Private college tuition, so it would have been a brutal mistake.
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Yes, thank you for asking! Officially committed to Trinity, but staying on the Bowdoin waitlist.
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Sorry to only now respond, been away for a while because of work - in the end, the much bigger scholarship/lower total cost of attendance and smaller size persuaded my daughter to choose Trinity, especially because she can most likely walk onto the track team and has a good friend who will also attend there. She’s still a bit sad about the way this admissions cycle worked out, but much more positive than a few weeks ago.
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Yes, thank you! It was actually on the original (longer, 25ish) application list as late as this past summer and only got cut for location/sport reasons I won’t bore you with - but that’s a great point about grad school, when she won’t be competing.
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@OK_tx still Trinity for your D?
Sorry, not been back once she made her decision. Yes, she’s at Trinity (classes started today). She seems happy so far, and made friends during orientation - hopefully that only gets better. Plus, nearly all of her close HS friends either struck out at their reach schools or chose to take $$ at Texas schools, so they’re staying close, and that helps her transition. They’re already planning trips to see each other for big football game weekends.
And as a parent sending my first kid to college, it feels amazing to know she’s less than two hours away. Not to mention making a much smaller tuition payment than at any other schools she was hoping to attend. 
. It may not have been the admissions cycle of our hopes and dreams, but it ended up being just fine.
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I think the “tuition payment” thing - it’s underestimated.
I don’t know because I’m not stroking $40K 2x a year - and that’s a wonderful feeling.
I’m guessing if I was paying $40K x 2, even though I could, my blood pressure would be much much much much higher - especially on a day when the market is tanking.
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This admission cycle was certainly not the one of our dreams either! My daughter’s stats are very similar to yours and she struck out at her top choices, never getting off the waitlist, on schools that statistically she was above the 75%. She really wanted one of 3 UC’s which I have come to realize is just a lottery. She got in to some reach schools on the other side of the country that she decided were just too far. But, disappointment aside, she’s an hour away, rooming with her best friend, I am saving a TON of money, and she seems like she is very happy where she landed. It all seems to work out.
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Believe it or not, this is the most likely outcome for most kids and there is nothing wrong with that.
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I’m so glad your daughter is happy and settling in at Trinity.
My D22 with similar stats didn’t get into many of the highly selective east coast schools she applied to, either. She did have great choices in the end… they were just not the choices we envisioned her having when we started this process.
My daughter is going to UCLA in 3 weeks and I just recently paid her fall quarter tuition and room and board. It was about $9K. She is thrilled with her class schedule and signed up for a ton of clubs. She is a one-hour flight from home and she has family and long-time friends in LA who can be there in 10 minutes, if needed. She went to orientation and had an amazing time (complete with a Brad Pitt sighting at the Westwood movie theater, following the Bullet Train premiere).
Don’t get me wrong–I’m fully aware that UCLA is a top prize and her acceptance is incredible. It’s just not what we thought when we began this journey. We were wearing some pretty thick East Coast/Ivy/LAC blinders that I am now happy to say we have removed.
I’ll have a different frame of mind when my S26 gets closer to applying. I’ll care much more about finding good fits, favoring our great CA in-state options, and not being surprised by any outcome.
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I can totally relate to this. We didn’t really know how things would play out for our CA kid (class of 2021) and he definitely did aim high and hit a lot of waitlists and even got into some good but EXPENSIVE schools that would have really really stretched us financially. Taking the offer from UCLA was the best thing he did, and writing that much smaller check makes me so grateful. He loves it (is already there for marching band stuff), and I’m sure your daughter will too. As we begin to navigate the process again with his sister this year, we are being much more dialed in on in-state schools and those that offer substantial merit aid. It’s just not worth the financial strain! Go Bruins
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I feel exactly the same, on all dimensions!
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