<p>Thanks sentimentGX4, i got it. It won’t be only tuition and fees, my family’s going to send me money every month and I’m going to work.</p>
<p>I searched SUNY on the internet, the first site i clicked was SUNY’s Turkish Office. I saw Turkish universities on the site and site was in Turkish. I clicked on “Tavan ve Taban Puanları” (I don’t know how to say that in English, that means something like “The highest and lowest scores”). I saw Bilkent University (If I stay here, I’m going to go to this university) and there I saw “Küresel ve Uluslararası İlişkiler” department (That means ‘Global and International Connections’) it is in Binghamton University. Under it, it was written
50% Schoolarship Scores —> 302.261 (in 2008). That is really easy to get that much score in YGS and LYS (YGS is a test like SAT1, LYS is a subject test like SAT2 in Turkey.). If I get that much score in YGS and LYS, can I go Binghamton University with 50% Schoolarship ? It says ‘Öğrenciler dönüşümlü olarak eğitimlerinin yarısını Türkiye’de, yarısını Amerikada görürler.’ (Students take half of their educations in Turkey and other half of their education in the USA.) I didn’t get it, SUNY is a different kind of colleges ?</p>
<p>Oh sorry mom2collegekids, i got it wrong. I though stat is something like budget. Thanks for explanation, twomules. The highest GPA that you can get in high school in Turkey is 5 and my GPA is 4. But i still have two years to graduate from high school so i can get higher GPA.</p>
<p>*CC is not $20k. Tuition will only be ~ $1k a year. You will have to find living accommodations, though, and that will make up the bulk of your bill. *</p>
<p>NOT TRUE…tuition at a CC for an international will be a LOT more than $1k. </p>
<p>* It won’t be only tuition and fees, my family’s going to send me money every month and I’m going to work.</p>
<p>*</p>
<p>Int’ls cannot work much in the US. AND, you need to have the money BEFORE coming here. The US will not give you a visa with the promise that your family will send money each month or you will be working. You have to show the money before you get your visa. And, with an Education Visa, you can’t work most jobs…you’re very limited.</p>
<p>Back to the original question—You might check out University of Southern Indiana. It’s pretty cheap, even for a public school and is a residential college. I don’t know much about their programs for international students, but you might check it out.</p>
<p>Sorry about the “USD 20k”, I wasn’t sure whether to write 20,000 or 20.000 so I went for the shortest version.</p>
<p>One of the CCs I investigated has an estimated cost of attendance (COA) for an international student of $24,000. Most of the college-matching search engines will allow you to search by tuition and fees. However, you will have to look at each website to find out what the COA would be for an international student. If You can’t find it, you can email the admissions office.</p>
<p>I understand, mom2collegekids. I must be prepared before i go. Thanks.
elise23, in the website of University of Southern Indiana, i clicked on tuitions and fees, it says
Non-Resident
$439.53/credit hour
What is that ? Credit hour?
happymomof1 no problem, I learned a new thing thanks to you. At first 24,000 look so expensive for a CC. It contains life expenses, right?</p>
<p>I am surprised that University of Southern Indiana only lists it by the credit hour (and I double checked, I couldn’t find a full-time rate either).</p>
<p>Usually a full-time semester is between 12 and 18 credit hours, so an average of 15 credit hours would be about $6592.95 a semester.</p>
<p>Susgeek, as a full time student I’ll take 12 hours, right ?
University Of Southern Indiana is cheap. It would be approximately $5,000 for a semester. That is okay, i can go to this one. But what about education ? Do you suggest this university or should I go to a CC first ?
happymomof1 thank you again, I’ll check the web sites of the colleges out for COA.</p>
<p>12 hours is usually considered full-time for billing purposes, but at that rate it would take 10 semesters to amass the 120 credit hours generally required for graduation. 15 hours / semester x 8 semesters is more the norm.</p>
<p>Okay, thank you all for advices.
I have a question again, ‘Do cheap universities mean bad universities in the US ?’ The best known universities and good universities are all expensive. So if I find a cheap university, how should I know if it is good or bad ? (I dont mean CCs)</p>
<p>What’s your life goal and what is so bad about Turkey that you are so desperate to come to America for? Think of those questions and do some serious soul searching before spending $15k or more of your parents money for an education in America. Not being harsh; I’m telling it like it is. good luck.</p>
<p>Yes, you would need to average at least 15 credits per semester to graduate on time.</p>
<p>USI</p>
<p>Out-of-state tuition and fees: $13,386
Room and board: $6,920
Books and supplies: $1,100
Estimated personal expenses: $2,800
Transportation expense: $1,250 </p>
<p>I think the above out of state tuition for one year is based on an assumption of 15 credits per semester.</p>
<p>*‘Do cheap universities mean bad universities in the US ?’ *</p>
<p>No, not bad. However, certain schools may have a lot of lowish stats students which may be an issue. Also, many schools are “commuter schools” or “suitcase schools” which would likely bother an int’l student.</p>
<p>Orbit196, it’s not about Turkey, it’s about the USA. I don’t want ANYWHERE except the USA. I wish American universities were cheaper like European universities… Maybe I might study in Europe (I don’t want Europe but it is cheaper) and master’s degree in the USA. Master is a little cheaper, right ? Or maybe I might attend Green Card lottery…
mom2collegekids thanks, but I didn’t get “Commuter Schools” and “Suitcase Schools” ? Dictionary says Commuter is someone who goes to school/work from suburban neighborhood. I get what commuter means, but I didn’t understand “Commuter Schools”.</p>
<p>Those are schools at which the vast majority of students leave campus after classes (commuter schools) or on the weekends (suitcase schools). In the U.S., a significant amount of the value of the college experience is considered to be the out-of-class activities and interaction which occurs on nights and weekends.</p>
<p>the problem with commuter schools and suitcase schools is that students who don’t have families nearby are often lonely on nights and weekends when all their classmates have gone home.</p>
<p>And, yes, much of the “full campus experience” comes from going to a “residential college” where students are there every day and nearly every weekend.</p>
<p>Thank you all again. I have some new questions.
I heard that Texas A&M gives schoolarship if my GPA is 4. But our GPAs are different from American GPAs. We have (order : better to worse) 5,4,3,2,1 and 0. My GPA is 4 for now, but it is 4 in Turkey. I’m confused, so am I okay to get schoolarship with 4 GPA in Texas A&M ?
I know a site called collegeboard. I entered that site and clicked on ‘College search’ it is called something like ‘College Matchmaker’. I searched them for the out-of-state tuitions, cheaper ones to expensive ones. I saw that there are some schools on the top of the list (the cheaper universities came to the top of the list because I categorized them for their expenses) Those schools were $0, how ? Such as :
Academy College
Bloomington, MN
Out-of-state tuition & fees: $0
Academy of Court Reporting and Technology
Cleveland, OH
Out-of-state tuition & fees: $0
Academy of Couture Art
West Hollywood, CA
Out-of-state tuition & fees: $0
Akron Institute of Herzing University
Akron, OH
Out-of-state tuition & fees: $0
and lots of colleges like that… Why do those universities cost $0 ?</p>
<p>No colleges cost zero. The colleges probably did not fill in an answer for the amount.</p>
<p>I live in Minnesota and I have never heard of Academy College. The other ones you listed seem to be more of a trade school where one learns a job, not getting an “education”.</p>
<p>If I were looking for lower priced universities, I would look for non flagship universities. Flagship means the best campus in a state system (NOT private).</p>
<p>For example: U of Minnesota’s flagship is Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St Paul metro area). Check out the other campuses of the U of Minn such as Duluth and Morris. I know Morris would fit into your budget as they don’t charge differently for out of state students.</p>
<p>To get even more confusing, there are often parallel systems known as State University. An example is Minnesota State University at Mankato or at St Cloud. These are often lower priced still and not as hard to get into. A generalization is that in the past the State University focused on practical majors such as education, engineering, and nursing. The education lines are much more mixed now.</p>
<p>Check out each state for University of ----- and also for ---- State University. Example: University of Iowa and Iowa State University.</p>
<p>edit- bad example. Iowa doesn’t have a lot of branch campuses. Try looking at all the the versions of U of Wisconsin. River Falls, Eau Claire, La Crosse, Superior, and more.</p>