@lvvcsf do you know anything more about OUs merit aid?
Syracuse’s merit based aid is not that great.
@CaliCash if you don’t mind me asking, how much did you get from them?
$80,000 may seem like a lot but for out of state schools like Berkeley and Michigan, that’s really about a year and a half’s worth of school.
I didn’t get any merit based aid. Just $4,000 is grant money. Their academic merit aid only covers up to $12,000 worth of tuition.
@CaliCash ouch, that’s pretty rough. It’s a little tough to even consider a school if you know you can’t afford it
That sounds like an excellent idea. I recommend specifically mentioning your ACT score and GPA. Plus also express your interest in both the Honors Tutorial College and the Scripps School of Journalism.
Perhaps, in addition, contact the Honors Tutorial College directly. They have their own scholarships, and they probably will give you more personal attention than the normal financial aid folks (not criticizing them, just conjecture by me).
WindyCityKid, that’s good information - so, about $20K per year if you and your parents are OK spending it all on UG and not saving for grad school. That’s a good conversation to have now. You are doing the right thing by looking at a range of schools including ones where you may qualify for merit scholarships.
Not more than they have on their websight. We visited OU with our D2. She is intrigued by their tutorial college. Their financial aid sight is vague but you are definitely in the top 5% of accepted students. The HTC is quite selective. Around 500 or so apply every year with about 2/3 of those meeting their basic qualifications. From them they select around 170-180 to interview and about 80 are selected for their HTC program in about 36 programs. Since their college of journalism is OU’s top program it may be more competitive than most. The basic tuition for OOS is around $21k so it’s not high as OOS publics go and you are likely to receive up to $14k in merit aid (this is the vague part) as your stats put you way up on their applicant list I would predict that you could expect that. In addition there are scholarships within the individual schools. Again they don’t list them. The college of engineering has been trying to grow and received a $120M gift. They offered our oldest D $8000 in addition to the full tuition scholarship she received back when that was a guarantee with certain stats. If nothing else based on the financial info you gave earlier it can be considered a safety. Most students I’ve talked to indicate they really enjoy their time at OU.
I completely agree. I live in Ohio, and every OU alum that I have ever met seems delighted with their college experience. Their faces light up when talking about OU. Many universities have proud alums. OU has delighted alums.
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@GnocchiB 80k for just me. Separate fund for my sister.
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oh good. When you can, ask your parents if that is “their contribution” ($20k per year), or if they will be contributing more than that.
I’m a dinosaur aged OU alum, and I loved it there.
Okay so I talked to my parents tonight and they can put up 20k a year out of pocket no problem and would be willing to spend up to 40k a year by contributing portions of their income. I’m also comfortable taking out some amount of loans, but as always the less the better. But interesting news nonetheless!
Yes, it’s good news.
You can borrow $5,500 as a frosh, so together with your parents’ money, you have about $45k.
@mom2collegekids Should I restrict my search in any way in light of these numbers?
Well, you can use a strategy like this:
Apply to a few reach schools and see what happens aid-wise and admissions-wise. (unless the calculators clearly indicate that they won’t be affordable)
Apply to a few schools that have competitive merit.
Apply to a few schools where $45k will cover the costs.
Apply to a few schools that you know FOR SURE will give you ample merit.
I’m confused. So you would be doing $20,000 a year for your savings and then the other $20,000 out of pocket from them? That gives you a lot of lattitude. Especially seeing that your family income is not too high for good aid from private schools.
@mom2collegekids That sounds like a good idea. Cross reference those with journalism/business schools and I think I have a solid list.
@CaliCash 20k from college savings per year and 20k from parents yearly income
Look at university of Missouri at Columbia. Excellent communications/journalism school. They have the Mark Twain scholarship for OOS, I don’t know the numbers you exactly needed but it is posted on their website. With the Twain scholarship, it would bring it down to your range costwise. They are actively looking for OOS to attend.
George Washington is also a good choice if you get one of their big merit awards. This year one of my students got merit of $30k a year so that brought the price down significantly.
As I think others posted, only apply to schools you can afford. Northwestern has excellent journalism, but you would get no merit or fin. aid there so it would be full pay. As others have mentioned, honors college are a great way to go. Ohio State has a great one and the National Buckeye scholarship makes it affordable.
@itsv I disagree with you that the OP would be full pay at Northwestern.
The OP should check the net price calculator of Northwestern.
According to their website they are quite generous with aid, even for incomes over $100,000.
http://undergradaid.northwestern.edu/docs/FinancialAidBrochure2014.pdf
http://undergradaid.northwestern.edu/
http://undergradaid.northwestern.edu/types-of-aid/scholarships-grants/northwestern-scholarships.html