It is 2/3 tuition for classes taken at G’town.
You are “hearing” a lot of misinformation.
@TomSrOfBoston But its not just one person saying those things, its more than that. maybe thats not true, and I don’t mean to offend anyone its amazing if people got accepted in either school, but I just don’t think I would be happy at either university.
@mom2collegekids interesting, Ill ask my dad to confirm and then let you know what he says
so then can i have financial aid and georgetowns offer at the same time?
There is NO financial aid for OOS students at UCLA.
Run the Net Price Calculator for UCLA to see your costs.
https://app.financialaid.ucla.edu/FASEstimator/Dependent.aspx
UCLA does not offer need-based financial aid to out-of-state students. You would be aiming for a large merit scholarship like the Stamps one (five out-of-state students get it per year).
OP, your question is "Is it worth it for me to even apply to UCLA OOS? "
Sure. You don’t have to attend if it is not affordable.
As a competitive figure skater, would your coach have any suggestions for you in terms of colleges where this would be an advantage for you in terms of admissions, and perhaps aid?
UCLA is not affordable so it would be a waste of an application fee.
@thumper1 thaty stuff can be looked at online. if you mean which schools besides ucla give figure skaters an edge, it does help with some schools (esp ones in the boston area), it helps with admissions but not with aid
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interesting, Ill ask my dad to confirm and then let you know what he says
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I don’t mean this to be as harsh as it sounds, but it doesn’t matter what your dad says. G’town has its Tuition Assistance Program on its website. It clearly states what you get depending on where you go …G’town or non-G’town.
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UCLA is a Calif state school. Aid is from the state of Calif for the children of Calif taxpayers. The aid is called Cal Grants. They’re not given to OOS students since their parents don’t pay taxes there. THAT is why they charge OOS students high tuition. Why would they bother to raise the OOS rates if they were going to give aid to cover those costs?
If a school offers aid, whether or not you can stack Georgetown’s aid on top of it depends on the school. There are some that will reduce their grants by the amount of any outside grants. So if school x offers you a $25k/year grant but they don’t stack aid, your grants wouldn’t be $25k PLUS $16k from Georgetown ($41k), they’d be $25k MINUS $16k ($9k). Make sure you read the policies of each school you consider.
OP- also I don’t know where you are getting your data but your gpa is way too low for UCLA as well as your test scores. To be accepted at UCLA, a student really needs a 4.2 or higher (with the exception for some majors) and a 32 on the ACT or higher. UCLA gets the most applications in the U.S., well over 100K. Plus the legislation here in California has really put pressure on schools like UCLA to accept more in-state students versus OOS. You can apply but it really would be a waste of an application fee.
OP- the other posters are being very gentle and kind. I will be blunt- stop worrying about UCLA. You can’t afford it.
Moving on.
You need some affordable options. If access to high level skating is your primary criterion, then you need to ignore everything you hear about cliques, HS 2.0, depression, etc. unless you are prepared to live at home and commute to a community college (which is always a valid option).
You need to read austin’s post carefully- many colleges will take the benefit you get from Georgetown and deduct that sum from any need-based aid they would have given you… so the end result is that you won’t get MORE aid, just the same package you would have gotten if your parents worked somewhere else.
Time for a reality check for you. Let us know what other interests you have besides skating and perhaps we can help you figure out an affordable list. And for sure ask your coach…
What are you going to do with ice skating? If you are just going to continue taking private lessons, does it really matter if the college has an ice rink? Wouldn’t you be traveling to train with your coach? Even if the college has a rink, will you be able to afford to rent the ice time? Many years ago, Debbie Thomas was training for the Olympics at CU. The rink was small CU didn’t/doesn’t have a varsity team). She had her own coach, and could afford all the ice time she wanted. Not quite as many years ago, one of the other big names (which escapes me right now) was training at Denver University, which has two sheets of ice. She was rich, she could pay for the ice time, but she also went to other rinks, including the Olympic training center in Colorado Springs. Most of the ice time at DU is already scheduled for lessons and hockey. You also need to know how many other sheets of ice there are in town. Jacksonville Florida? ONE for the entire city. Denver, Colorado? Probably 15-20 around town.
Don’t base your college decision on something that you may not have the funds to continue. A lot of people come to Colorado because they want to ski, and then find out that they can’t afford to go skiing very much at all.
The Jesuit schools have a tuition exchange of their own. BC and Georgetown are not schools that the other participants can automatically go to, but I don’t know if the reverse is true, that BC/Georgetown employees/kids can’t go to the remaining schools. Check that out as it may give you another 33 schools that have a better tuition deal for you.
The Georgetown offer of paying 2/3 tuition at another school doesn’t seem to be the ‘normal’ Tuition Exchange. It may be that another school would take the Georgetown offer as an ‘outside scholarship’ if Georgetown is actually paying the other school and not just ‘exchanging’ tuition, so if the aid offered by that other school is merit aid and not need based, it might stack. You need to figure out exactly what Georgetown will pay. Can your father make an appointment for you to go meet with a financial or benefits person at Georgetown?
does 35k seem reasonable for a family w/a household income of 75k?
NO!!!
Agree with @blossom.
Stop worrying about UCLA!
Honestly, if you don’t have the stats to get into Georgetown, then you REALLY don’t have the stats, nor the money to get into UCLA. UCLA won’t give you ANY money, none, zip, because you don’t live in California.
A $5500 loan per year, is nowhere near $55,000 per year. The banks do not lend that kind of money to students.
Why would you think your parents could fork over more than half of their income to send you to UCLA? (Don’t even consider that working a part-time job, would earn enough money. It won’t. Do the math.) If you don’t live in California, you will not receive money to go to a public school in California.