<p>Why isn’t taking a year off - or community college -an option? It sounds as if they are the only options here if the money isn’t there. Maybe he could work and take classes part time at his university. </p>
<p>College is ridiculously expensive.</p>
<p>Just to let you all know that my son spoke to the financial aid office at Northern Ohio University and he was offered $18,000. This is just the start. This school is more than competitive and they were impressed with his first year grades. We’ll keep you all apprised with the other schools. Just to let you know that my niece was accepted into
Wellesley and Bryn Mawr but she did not receive aid and basically she could use the acceptance letters as wall paper.</p>
<p>Wellesley and BM offer need based aid only. If your niece didn’t receive aid, it’s because the school determined that their income and assets were such that they could afford the costs of attendance.</p>
<p>Good news for your son. Hopefully, you can pay the difference between that $18,000 in aid and the $46,000 cost of attendance. And maybe, just maybe, your son will love the school and won’t want to transfer back to his old school!</p>
<p>Also, check out Denison, and Otterbein as well. I don’t know if they still have openings or aid but they are worth the call.</p>
<p>So is your son being given in-state status at Northern Ohio? If his status is as a non-resident, will that affect his getting in-state status in November as his current state univ. in Ohio? (“Northern Ohio” sounds like a regional public… but maybe it’s a private school where residency is not an issue?)</p>
<p>Ohio northern is private and expensive. For some reason it is the school that is used as an example when I see articles about students with too much debt. It must be the same recirculated article.</p>
<p>The NACAC list is the place to go (given in post #36) lists the colleges where they still have spaces. Many of those are smaller private schools. Some schools also have July 15 deadlines (you can find out by going to CommonApp, clicking on members, then all, then clicking on the deadline column.)
An alternative could be for your son to stay at his current college, but to take fewer classes so that tuition would be reduced to an affordable amount. Once he’s established residency, he could take summer classes and catch up.</p>
<p>Is this private college less expensive (including the 18000 grant) than your son’s current college?</p>
<p>There’s actually no such school as “Northern Ohio”, but Ohio Northern is a private school.</p>
<p>Ohio State costs $35,000 a year for OOS students. Ohio Northern costs $46,000…but the student has $18,000 in aid so the net to the family would be $28,000. Of course this student could be attending any of the Ohio Publics…I don’t know if the others cost more than the flagship…or not.</p>
<p>Editing to add, Miami of Ohio COA for OOS is $39,000 a year. Bowling Green is $26,000 for OOS.</p>
<p>Congratulations in finding an option that is acceptable for all of you. Ohio Norther is close to $50K a year according to their own COAs, though I 'm sure some costs can be cut down if one is prudent. Tha means you will have to come up with about $30K. Which is probably still a lot less than the cost for a state school in Ohio. However, bear in mind that you only have to pay that amount for the first term, whic would bring the cost down to about about $20K for the first term and then your cost for the second term at the school would be about $13K for which is pretty darn close to what Ohio Norther is going to cost you. </p>
<p>Also, the cost for Ohio Northern or any private school is going to stay at current level or go up most likely, whereas , after this year, for any state school in Ohio, you will be paying in state prices. Add it all up and see what the TOTAL bills are. </p>
<p>But do check out other schools—shake the trees and see what falls out.</p>
<p>It is Ohio Northern. My mistake</p>
<p>Have you checked Ohio Wesleyan?</p>
<p>If you are going to pay as much as $30,000 (based on your current offer) out of pocket for your son’s transition year, make sure that the classes he takes will transfer to his future state school in Ohio.</p>
<p>This resource (Transfer Assurance Guide) lists courses that can be transferred from community colleges and state schools in Ohio to other participating schools. No private schools participate in the program, so your guarantees for courses that transfer will have to come from your private school. In-county tuition at most Ohio community colleges is around $100-125 per credit hour and are guaranteed to be accepted for credit if they are listed that way in the Transfer Assurance Guide.
<a href=“https://transfer-oatn.ohiohighered.org/ap:20[/url]”>https://transfer-oatn.ohiohighered.org/ap:20</a></p>
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<p>Good point. The cost of a year at Ohio Northern would be about the same as the cost of Ohio State.</p>
<p>^it is likely that the private school may not know what will count as transfer equivalents to the state school. Most of the credits will likely transfer, but depending on the specific course it may not meet a specific requirement at the state school. The state school your son would be transferring to after the year away would make the call on what requirements (if any) the transfer courses will meet. The state school may not tell your son this ahead of time if he is no longer a matriculated student. It is worth asking, however.</p>
<p>The other option is to take online courses for a semester. They typically have lower costs and later registration dates than regular college courses. You may even still qualify for in-state rates at a public college of your former state. When I looked around for a summer course for my kids, the cheapest option by far (other than a community college) was an online course from a local public 4 year college. The offerings are extensive at many colleges. You can also look at some out of state universities that specialize in online courses, such as Penn State University.</p>
<p>I don’t think online classes will work for this student.</p>
<p>I may be reading too much between the lines, but the feeling I get from the mom is that her son seems to be thriving in a university atmosphere, which wouldn’t likely happen at home at a computer. </p>
<p>I do agree that the cost (and trouble of switching now and then back to Ohio public later) doesn’t seem to really be any cheaper than the Ohio public.</p>
<p>There is a “cost” to moving your child to one school (for fall), then moving him out of his housing in the winter, then moving him back into the Ohio public’s housing for spring. </p>
<p>Not to mention that if the housing at Ohio Northern requires a one year commitment (lease or whatever) then the student would be committed to stay for the full year. </p>
<p>What is the goal now? Is the goal for the student to be at Ohio Northern for the year, for the rest of his college years? or just for a semester?</p>
<p>Do bear in mind that there is a “pain in the neck” cost to transferring around. Not to mention real dollar costs as one does not get the best deals when the new guy in town. Plus, credit transfers, yuch. I wouldn’t want to do it for one semester that is the crux of the problem. If your son finds a school he prefers to the one he is attending, that is one thing. But to switch back and forth is not something I would recommend.</p>
<p>I think there has been some confusion in this thread. From the information the OP gave many of us thought they did not have a great deal of money to put toward the son’s schooling which is why community college was suggested. The answers given were based on this idea and were not what the OP wanted. Now seeing that the OP is considering Ohio Northern with an $18,000 scholarship it seems that money isn’t nearly as tight as many of us thought . Knowing that there is $30,000 to put toward his schooling does open up more options for this young man.</p>