Giving an update on dd’s journey as I always find them helpful when reading other threads.
Dd was accepted at 9 schools and is still waiting to hear from UT Austin and UNC Charlotte.
For private schools, she received:
Texas Christian - $25,000 merit, $40,500 net cost
Abilene Christian - $29,500 merit, $22,400 net cost
Still waiting for Baylor’s offer. She has a scholarship interview there in January.
For OOS:
Ole Miss - $24,300 merit, $12,600 net cost
U Alabama - $28,000 merit, $16,950 net cost
U Arkansas - $14,825 merit, $23,475 net cost
She’s in honors at Ole Miss and still waiting to hear about honors at Bama and U Ark. She should receive more from Ole Miss and U Ark. Not sure about Bama.
She received a letter saying she’s under consideration for UNC Charlotte’s big scholarship. Will see if she makes it to the interview round.
In State Public:
UTD - $6,000 merit, $22,400 net cost
U Houston -$6,000 merit, $16,000 net cost
UT San Antonio - $2,500 merit, $21,500 net cost
She did not apply to honors at UTD. She received honors biomedical sciences at UH and is in honors at UTSA. Waiting to hear if she makes it to interview round for UTSA’s big scholarship.
Our results with the private schools are similar to what we experienced when my oldest applied to SMU - substantial scholarship but no financial aid that brings the school within our price range. Not complaining as dh has a great income, but we will likely have 1 or 2 kids in college (and maybe grad school) for the next 2 decades, so we want to be conservative. Still waiting to hear from Baylor, but right now, I’m thinking private schools might not work out for my kids financially.