<p>This is for my friend who decided to go to Auburn when the major she wanted was on the Academic Common Market, so she would be paying in-state tuition. She withdrew all her applications for the schools that she applied to. However, her major was taken off the Academic Common Market once Auburn reorganized their biology program. Thus, she now has to pay an out-of-state tuition of $42,000/year. She has applied for scholarships but hasn't heard back, and she doesn't want to pay nearly as much for college. What should she do?</p>
<p>Did she ever have written confirmation that she would be getting the instate rates? I would suggest some letter writing to high ups saying that she accepted the school and withdrew from others based on the fact that she was told she would receive in state tuition. Even if the program is no longer part of the common market, they should be able to make exceptions.</p>
<p>I hope it can be sorted out.</p>
<p>There was no written confirmation, just verbal. She emailed the lady at Auburn who’s in charge of the Academic Common Market and asked which school in Georgia (our state) has her major now but never got a response.</p>
<p>At this time of year, emails are easy to ignore especially if buried in an inbox. Make a phone call. You’ll get farther.</p>
<p>I’ll tell her that. FYI, the major she had before it got changed was zoology</p>
<p>In case appealing at Auburn doesn’t work, was she accepted at any affordable schools before she withdrew her applications? Maybe she can reactivate one of those.</p>
<p>She was accepted to Coastal Carolina and University of South Alabama. How would she go about the process of appealing at Auburn?</p>
<p>She needs to pick up the telephone, call them, and ask.</p>
<p>Can she pick another similar major that GA doesn’t have? What does Auburn now have instead of zoology.</p>
<p>the state of Alabama doesn’t allow giving instate tuition other than thru the ACM or indirectly because of merit scholarships.</p>
<p>If your friend applied before Dec 1, and she had high stats, she would have been awarded a merit scholarship. When did she apply and what are her stats?</p>
<p>it’s highly unlikely that Auburn is going to give her instate rates now. </p>
<p>She needs to contact U South Alabama and find out if their offer is still available.</p>
<p>Does she have HOPE in Ga? </p>
<p>What is her career goal?</p>
<p>I’m not sure what her stats were, but I know that she applied before December 1, and because her tuition was so high, they probably didn’t give her a merit scholarship or, at least, a substantial one. I know that she has HOPE, but she didn’t apply to any schools in GA, and she would like to become a marine biologist, which is why she wanted to do zoology. The closest major to zoology is forest engineering, which is not really close at all, but Auburn calls it bio(something) engineering.</p>
<p>because her tuition was so high, they probably didn’t give her a merit scholarship</p>
<p>That doesn’t make any sense. Auburn has ASSURED scholarships for OOS students with certain stats. If she qualified for a certain scholarship, she’d get it. </p>
<p>However, if they didn’t give it to her because she was getting ACM, then she needs to call the Scholarships office and get what she’s supposed to get.</p>
<p>However, if her stats aren’t high enough, then she won’t get it. Getting a scholarship has nothing to do with " because her tuition was so high". OOS tuition is the same for everyone, yet those who qualify are given scholarships for their stats.</p>
<p>She needs to find out if any GA schools are still accepting applications. </p>
<p>BTW…how much will her parents pay each year? If she had gotten instate rates, it still would have cost about $25k per year for her to go there. Were her parents willing to pay $25k per year? (don’t guess, ask her…and ask her what her stats were.)</p>
<p>She might try quickly sending an app to UAB. I think they’re stilll awarding OOS scholarships. </p>
<p>Does USA have marine biology? Contact them and find out what they’ll offer.</p>
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Why, oh why, do students do this to themselves???</p>
<p>Some of the GA schools are still accepting fall applications - GA Southern I know is. I believe GA State and GA College and State area also accepting them on a space available basis. I’m sure there are others.</p>
<p>mom2collegekids: I was saying that because her tuition estimate, scholarships and all, was $42,000/year, so I made an assumption about her merit scholarships. However, I will tell her to contact USA about marine biology and ask her about how much her parents can pay, but I believe that she has no interest in making her parents pay that much for her education; however, I have no clue. </p>
<p>Erin’s Dad: She’s loved Auburn forever, so she was extremely keen on attending there. Also, she doesn’t really like the GA schools that much.</p>
<p>cap: Thanks for the info. I will tell her that.</p>
<p>Are you telling us there are NO colleges in all of Georgia that have a biology/zoology major? Zoology (when I was in college) was a submajor within biology…and every public university offered a bio major.</p>
<p>You might suggest she check with UNC Wilmington to see if they will accept a late application. They have Marine Biology and the full sticker price COA for OOS is only $26k.</p>
<p>If she’s “loved Auburn all her life” then it sounds like she wants to go there because of the rah rah and other atmosphere. the major may be rather secondary since that can be had elsewhere. If so, then some of these other schools won’t work.</p>
<p>Marine biologists do not have to major in zoology. That’s usually a prevet major.</p>
<p>mom2collegekids: I was saying that because her tuition estimate, scholarships and all, was $42,000/year, so I made an assumption about her merit scholarships</p>
<p>I still have no idea of what you mean. IF her estimated costs are $42k, then that sounds like she wasn’t given any scholarships.</p>
<p>Since a marine biologist will need a phd most likely to work in the field, majoring in biology as an undergrad is fine.</p>
<p>She really wants to go Auburn and doesn’t like any of the colleges in Georgia. I’ll talk to her tomorrow though</p>
<p>It sounds like she doesn’t “like” any of the colleges in GA because they’re not Auburn. </p>
<p>You need to find out if she qualified for any scholarships but didn’t get them because the school thought she’d get the ACM rate.</p>