A full year of tuition and fees at 4-year SUNYs runs about $8k. If there’s one within commuting distance, you could pay that with the federal student loan and work earnings. A transfer student who’s getting no help from mom and dad (except free housing and food, which is a ~$10k/year gift) really can’t afford an out-of-state university, esp. one as expensive as UConn. The SUNYs are good schools and bachelor’s degree from one of them with a debt load of less than $20k is a deal. If you need grad school, the less debt you have for undergrad, the better.
The student needs to apply to a local SUNY that hopefully gives some merit to PTK members. Then commute from home.
Get the degree in either psych with a bio minor…or bio with a psych minor.
Actually Binghamton is 15000 per year in state.
Also New York has these STEM scholarships now. I will be applying if I end up at a SUNY. They cover full tuition but not costs. Not sure if they are only for Freshman
The HESC STEM scholarships are for graduating seniors, first time freshmen.
Binghamton is ~22k per year if you are living on campus. It is ~9k if you are commuting from home. If you are paying for this your self. the $7500 sub/unsub loans and a part time job should cover your tuition and fees. If you were to receive any scholarship aid from bing, it would reduce your cost.
The full cost of [url=http://www.binghamton.edu/financial-aid/services/cost-of-attendance.html]Binghamton[/url] for state residents (2015-2016) is ~$9k for tuition + ~$14k for room and board. If OP lives close enough to commute then costs for a transfer student could be covered by the federal student loan ($7500) plus work earnings. If OP wants to dorm at a SUNY campus, the costs are going to run about $23k. Other SUNYs are similarly priced, so no matter where OP lives in NYS, if there’s a 4-year SUNY within commuting distance, he can probably afford it.
Info. on the Stem Scholarship can be found here:
http://www.hesc.ny.gov/pay-for-college/financial-aid/types-of-financial-aid/nys-grants-scholarships-awards/nys-science-technology-engineering-and-mathematics-stem-incentive-program.html
Thanks for all the replies everyone!
My situation was extremely weird, and all of the in-state public schools gave me the same answer due to my situation. All except a couple were not able to accept me as a transfer student because I don’t actually graduate high school until June 2015. However, I will be graduating with my A.S in August 2015, and therefore am put into the transfer category at most schools.
I ended up applying to several out of state schools that were private. They were able to make a ton of exceptions, and got into all of them with tons and tons of scholarships! I simply explained my situation, and they accommodated me.
In the end, I am not going to UCONN. Even though it was my number one school, I guess I didn’t shop around enough. My eyes were set on this and only this school, for some reason.
I am actually going to be attending the University of New England as a double major in Neuroscience and Marine Biology. Even though it is really far from my home, the tuition is now reasonable with the scholarships, and so is dorming.
So I guess the moral of the story is if you are in the same situation, go ahead and apply to places that you never thought of, that seem interesting. I did it, and now I am going on an adventure to Maine! (plus it has a private beach!!!)