@Setter4life as pointed out by @EDHDAD it only applies to the business department classes on the Oxford campus.
@Setter4life Every college sets their tuition and fees a little differently. I think it’s important to build a spreadsheet and to try and arrive at a net price for each school. If you do that, and you extrapolate all four years with each school’s average tuition and fee hikes, you can get a big picture of the total cost for each. Because of the tuition promise program at Miami, it may start off a little higher than some schools in year one, but it’s 4 year cost may end up being less. Nobody is thrilled about the extra fees for the business courses at Miami, and some folks on here have become really upset by them, but big picture they represent a very small investment when you consider all four years of money and time to get your degree. A drop in the proverbial bucket so to speak.
Thank you for your replies… It seems that you are leaning or committed to attend Miami U. Best wishes to both of you.
@Setter4life Thanks and likewise. Not an easy process for sure. MY daughter did commit to Miami. I wish you lots of luck.
@Setter4life We have not committed to Miami but it’s one of our top few choices. Definitely my favorite when it comes to cost.
Miami was the front runner all along. Favorite school prior to application and during application, Basically my “dream” school based on many balanced factors ( expected scholarship, reputation of Farmer, and overall beauty and comfort level of the campus when I visited). However once I started to receive all my acceptances including scholarships, things started to change. As generous as Miami was, other schools were even more generous including some higher ranked schools and programs. Hard to probably say no to Miami, but it is looking more and more like Ohio State might be the one… Crazy how the process works but very excited to say the least
@Setter4life it is a crazy process. In the end, its nice to see itself work out :~) Congrats on your offers. Do whats best for yourself and where you feel most comfortable.
@college.dad.2B… It is. So factors to consider when trying to figure out where to apply and once you figure that out, then how it will it all play out after the fact (acceptances, merit, location) etc. All I know is that it has been a wonderful ride even with all the stress involved…I remember visiting Miami, OSU, and four others last year. I remember exactly what I was thinking as I was doing these tours. All the positives and negatives about each setting… Playing out all the what if scenarios. Will I get in? What about the rankings, scholarships, interest, etc… Then the surprises changes everything… The fist school where I was accepted to offered a full out of state tuition waiver and it was the big WOW. I knew right there and there what my parents were going to say. Will any of the other schools come even close to this? Then two other schools offered acceptances but no scholarship but I was hopeful that they would but it could take months (to this day they have not offered any merit) So I knew right away that maybe my first acceptance out of all my applications was going to be it. Then OSU offered a full tuition scholarship early in the game and I knew nobody else was going to be able to compete or even come close. By the time Miami rolled the red carpet with a $20K scholarship, I knew they probably did not have a chance. I learned so much through this process. Never assume anything. Fall in love from afar and know that the reason you come up with a list of schools to apply to is because ANY of them can be good options.
@Setter4life Totally agree with your analogy. If we had known for sure that we would get a few of the offers that we did(including the one from Miami) then we could have applied to a lot less schools. But there is no way of knowing for sure so you roll the dice and watch what happens. If you have a good admissions profile then good things happen.
@Setter4life you are spot on. To be honest, its a bitter sweet and I will miss this part of the journey. When we started with my daughter, she had her list and I had mine. We visited about 13-15 schools (by far my favorite part). She was destined for Cali and I was ok with it. We visited Stanford, USC, UCLA (her #1), Loyola Marymount (her #2), and Pepperdine. Then schools out East (Carnegie Melon, Pitt, etc) and a couple in the midwest. Ultimately she applied to 12 schools and has received some pretty substantial offers (including one from Miami). It’s a blessing to have options and not have to worry about debt. The hard work from over the years has paid off. She and she alone has put herself in a wonderful position (As I’m sure you have). Miami’s program, location, and merit offer was tough to pass up. (Even though our search is over I’m curious to see what the remaining offers will be.) Best of luck and congrats on your offer from OSU!
@EDHDAD I agree with you . Had I known then what I know now, I would have applied had cut down the list from 7 to 4. But as you said, roll the dice and play the game… You just never know and I can tell you that the schools that gave me the scholarships, they all ended up being higher than I thought including Miami. The ones that have not offered any merit as of yet are the ones that I thought , I probably would. Go figure!!! So their lost. Haha!
@college dad 2B. yes, options are great. The beautiful thing is that my brother gets to do it starting next Spring for a 2020 enrollment. My parents get to play again. I have a feeling that we all learned a lot from the process. My brother’s list of schools might be a little different than mine… But I have a feeling that OSU would be in it. He likes big sports and loves UNC, but with no merit to go around, it might be challenge to get it there…
Nothing but the best to you