<p>My D has Miami as her first choice school. She visited last fall and fell in love with the campus and after attending classes and speaking with professors in her chosen field (Classics), she has been wanting to attend Miami. Perfect size, classes, Honors Program, etc. Financial Aid is ok but we would have to come up with about $15,000 per year.</p>
<p>However Miami will mean substantial out of pocket $$$ for us. The economic downturn has wiped out the Roth IRA we set up for her education.</p>
<p>If she stays in Florida, she has Bright Futures and a University Scholarship which means very little out of pocket to attend Florida State at ~ $5,000/year. </p>
<p>Anyone else with this dilemma? Is it worth it for OOS to attend Miami.</p>
<p>We are facing a similar dilemma. Our daughter got accepted in Miami Honors program and really liked the school during her recent visit. She also has been accepted at two very good in-state schools here in Virginia. Even with her decent merit scholarship, Miami’s nearly $27K OOS tuition is hard to justify compared with excellent in-state choices at under $10K tuition.</p>
<p>I’d send her to FSU. Miami’s a good school, but not enough to justify that difference in expense.</p>
<p>miami is not worth the out of state tuition</p>
<p>We just got back from Miami for an Honors overnight with current senior D2. We love it! D1 is a current second year in Honors.</p>
<p>Miami’s admissions dept has been looking ahead at the demographics in Ohio. The numbers of potential student is declining for Ohio. They will be recruiting OOS more in the future-esp the east and west. (This information is coming from a past edition of the student paper.) Their new 3 tiered scholarship money, one for in-state and a separate for OOS is, IMO, a good effort to maintain high academic standards. If I were in your situation I would contact the financial aid office by letter and tell them what is going on with your $$ and account. Let them know how much your D loves Miami and how the university can benefit from having such a capable, bright student as your daughter as a student at their school. They WANT those high achieving students. See if they can give any more money. </p>
<p>15K is not too much to pay for Miami - if you can do it without going into debt. Less is better for sure, but many in-state students would love to go to MU for that amount.</p>
<p>I am sending you a PM.</p>
<p>I went to Miami as an out-of-stater, years ago. I was able to establish residency my junior year. Don’t know what the requirements are now, but I was able to do it years ago. Just a thought. Good luck ~ Miami is such a wonderful environment.</p>
<p>Dabears34-I see you want to transfer out of Miami. What makes you so unhappy?</p>
<p>Goodbye Miami… D just received a full ride scholarship package from her second choice small liberal arts college here in Florida. Miami will forever be her first choice, but we could not swing the OOS tuition even with the scholarship money. Not worth for us the out of pocket 10k plus per year when it will be zero for for her second choice school. </p>
<p>Miami is a great school.</p>
<p>Congratulations to your D. My bet is she will find happiness where she is going. Miami was not D’s first choice, but is going because of money. Already she is thinking she will LOVE it and it is now her first choice. Things have a way of working out for the best most times. We have in state tuition at Miami, but I sure envy your free ride! Congrats to you!</p>