We are really having a hard time figuring out when to go visit at this point.We were hoping to go soon, but the costs involved in flying are getting up there and if we drive she is taking quite a few days off of school. Plus spring break around here isn’t until Easter, which puts us really close to the deadline for decisions, so I feel like that’s late. But that would be the time we could drive to save money AND she wouldn’t be missing school.
I do think we have knocked UNM off the list though, It’s more expensive than FSU for my daughter and FSU tops her list right now. I would still like to hear your feedback when you go however, just in case something changes.
Good luck to you too.
As some others have suggested, it would be good to check out the psychology departments at each of the schools. If she ends up wanting to work in the field of psychology but not as a counselor, there are not many options other than research/teaching and that would generally require a Ph.D. In order to get into those programs, she would need some good research experience in a professor’s lab as an undergrad. It would help if some in the department are doing research that interests her. Of course, she may end up changing her major, as many do.
I started my academic career at FSU. I was in the social sciences, but not psychology. Overall, FSU is a very credible school with strengths in many programs, not least in the arts (film, theater). Its social sciences were very good. Facilities were excellent. It has a big-time, nationally competitive athletics program. It’s located in a real but smallish city (population 185,000) and Tallahassee is the capital of the state. I enjoyed my 4 years there except for the torrid, humid summers. Then I moved to the midwest for the rest of my career.
I’m also fond of UNM. Two of my uncles earned undergrad and masters degrees from there, and one of these uncles donated money to endow a chair there. I know a couple of faculty members there who are working in my field. I think it, too, is an academically credible place. And if I could convince my dw, I’d even retire to New Mexico!
@treschicos I thought I’d update the thread since you mentioned you may have been looking at the same colleges we were.
Unfortunately, but good for us, we did not see any of the colleges that were on our list. We crossed off a couple more due to costs. Every time we turned around we thought of some other expense that made them unaffordable.
My daughter did, however, receive an additional scholarship about a month after I posted this.
She received a renewable OOS waiver worth $12,000 back in October and then in February received, from the same school, an additional renewable $12,000 scholarship, which made it so much more affordable for us, we could not NOT go see the school.
It eventually came down to cost, but she is happy with her choice and so are we.
One of my staff members went to FSU - graduated in 4 years, got a masters, and met his fiancee there. They both loved it. He says there are a lot of east coast students from northern states because the OOS tuition is affordable for them.
He did say it was hard for both him and his gf to find a job in their professions in Florida post-grad. They work in the DC area now, and get together with FSU alums all the time. A big school has a large alum network.
I appreciate the info, she did choose a college at this time, however. Thanks you though!
I wish we were allowed to edit our thread titles so I could add “update” to the title.