<p>No, the OOS tuition won’t be announced until July. With how much it’s trended upward over the last decade + the latest state budget talks, it doesn’t look good. And also does no favors for those needing to make a decision before the May 1st deposit deadline.</p>
<p>Penn State to me is simply all about expenses from attending the university to athletic events to recreational facilities to picky meal plans. Again, it just rubs me the wrong way in comparison to other schools. Even the merit scholarships are limited.</p>
<p>It sounds and definitely feels like a great experience (I’ve been to the campus twice and attended a week-long camp there last July), but with what other schools (including publics) are willing to offer financially to their students, Penn State is just a very risky investment for OOS students. The potential is great, but with so many students to compete with for the best internships, the odds of it paying off are simply not realistic.</p>
<p>When in some cases you can pay less for a graduate degree at other universities in the major you’re looking for, Penn State for a bachelor’s just looks absurd. They may not be obligated to financially assist and support students, but they have to if they want to be competitive with other universities from this angle. </p>
<p>Instead of shrugging their shoulders and saying the money just isn’t there, I wish they’d prioritize students and diversity more. But it’s not my business. I’ll happily go elsewhere.</p>
<p>If you want to pay off all that extra cash for a brand name, that’s cool, but it’s not the smartest call for OOS’ers. JMO</p>
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I’m confused. If PSU won’t announce their 2011-2012 OOS tuition cost until at least July then how could warrior1183 possibly know whether PSU is going to do the following?
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<p>Warrior and nayantara…my daughter rec’d her “FA” letter last month. She is still considering PSU as one of her final 3 choices and would enter as a freshman in the fall. The letter states our OOS FULL COA at $43,000, estimated, before finalizing budget etc. This includes everything, transportation and personal expenses, meals etc. just estimated. We and others have it in writing. The OP is adding in a summer session to get to $46k.</p>
<p>Well, I’m pretty much going off info from two different places…</p>
<p>1: The Tuition Calculator on the PSU website</p>
<p>2: The posts on here like the last one, from someone who has heard directly from the university regarding their COA.</p>
<p>The first source is based on what I assume are last year’s projections, before the appropriation was cut in half. The second source is what is apparently actually happening. Seeing as the first source is less than the second, I used my mathematical skills to figure out that $37,000 < $43,000</p>
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You used the PSU Tuition Calculator and the numbers from last year to determine the following:
- PSU is trying to make up the difference in state funding by increasing OOS tuition this year?
- The OOS COA is $43,000 this year?
You did notice the following words in the previous post…“estimated, before finalizing budget etc.”? Based on a preliminary, non binding guestimate you have determined that PSU is trying to make up for an also non-final budget appropriation cut in funding by increasing OOS tuition? That is a ton of guess work not only in numbers but also intent.</p>
<p>So, first of all, I did not notice the “estimated, before finalizing budget etc.”</p>
<p>Secondly, I never said I was an expert on the subject. I was only using the tools at my disposal to help clarify what some people thought was outrageous. I simply wanted to make people aware, who may not otherwise be aware (because they are from OOS) the situation PSU is in regarding its budget.</p>
<p>D announced this morning after a decision making meeting with a close adviser that PSU is officially out of the running as d-day approaches. 2 schools left in the mix. Variety of reasons, cost definitely a factor.</p>
<p>I am in the same boat. I am waiting to hear about the Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship, but if that does not work out, I am not sure what I will do. I am a transfer student from Wyoming, and we have to move because the high altitude here is affecting our daughter who was born with half a heart. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh both have children’s hospitals on the list of top children’s hospitals for cardiac care. I applied to colleges in PA for this reason. Unfortunately, I am not getting enough monetary help. We are going to have to give up my husband’s good job, pay ridiculous amounts to keep my daughter on cobra insurance until my husband get insurance for us through a job, and we have to figure out how to pay for any medical expenses that come up for her, or my son who has severe mental illnesses. I just do not know what to do.</p>