<p>I’m sorry if it came off as cheeky. I just feel that OSU has a pretty low COA, and comparing it to private universities, all students at OSU are getting a pretty great deal by paying at least 30,000 less than the sticker price at private schools. I apologize if I was a bit rude.</p>
<p>See, sara, thats the thing though. Its not a private school. People who live in ohio pay taxes and those taxes help fund the school. This is to keep costs cheap for in-state students and to keep talented students in the state. Actually, Ohio is one of the top ten most expensive states for college according to CNN, and OSU is the most expensive public school.</p>
<p>scott04: Why do you think Ohio is in the top 20% of most expensive states for college? Are the taxpayers of Ohio providing less tax money to support tOSU than the residents of the other 80%?</p>
<p>Here is a list of most expensive public colleges.</p>
<p>[College</a> Admissions - College Search - Cappex -](<a href=“Cappex”>Cappex)</p>
<p>@sara12: Not to revive discussion of your previous post, but if you can give me an example of a talented student who applied to OSU for any reason but the scholarship, I will eat my left hand. Yes, some talented students attend despite the fact that they do not receive the aid, but that is usually because they either did not receive better deals elsewhere, or because they did not receive admission in selective schools.</p>
<p>Agreed that OSU has the worst merit aid of any public school to which the students I work with apply, and is frequently the same or more expensive than private Ohio schools once their scholarships are awarded. However, it is my belief that OSU believe’s they don’t HAVE to award much merit aid because the students will still come, for the Buckeye “tradition”. So there is no reason to award merit aid to attract. The best scholarships are given to those who live in Appalachia or are minority (but not Asian); the most a non-Appalachian, Caucasian, high achieving, lower middle class student can hope to receive is a few thousand dollars (no one take offense - this has simply been the experience of my many students who’ve applied over time). Most of those I work with here in Ohio get much more merit aid from the other Ohio public schools and usually private, as well.</p>
<p>I think i provided enough support in my original comment by saying CNN ranked states and Ohio was in the top ten most expensive. And as caolila’s link says, Ohio State is particularly expensive. And that only ranks based on tuition. For example, the combination of tuition and room and board at OSU is more than at Clemson, even though clemson is ranked higher on the list.</p>
<p>scott04: I don’t think I’ve seen any support in any of your posts for this part of your “comment”
Why do you think Ohio is in the top 20% of most expensive states for college? Are the taxpayers of Ohio providing less tax money to support tOSU than the residents of the other 80%?</p>
<p>I do not profess to be a Ohio state budgetary expert, but since Ohio does have some of the highest state taxes in the country (#7 according to these statistics, albeit from two years ago <a href=“http://money.cnn.com/2009/04/10/pf/taxes/state_tax_rates/index.htm[/url]”>http://money.cnn.com/2009/04/10/pf/taxes/state_tax_rates/index.htm</a>), I find it hard to believe that state funded schools receive any less than in other states. So we are taxed more, yet still pay more college. Aglages, I’m not even sure what you are arguing; all you have done is ask questions without stating your opinion or providing any support of your own.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, despite overall tax rates, Ohio has traditionally underfunded its public universities. This goes back many generations but was particularly acute in the early 1990’s when Governor Voinovich sought to overcome a budget deficit almost entirely on the backs of higher education. It’s been awhile, but I recall that higher education’s share of the budget cuts were almost ten times their share of the overall state budget. Ohio’s per student support of higher education has long been in the bottom third of states on a national level.</p>
<p>Combine that with the fact that an earlier Governor essentially went on a spree in the 1960s of creating new universities while saving bankrupt municipal universities and folding them into the state system in some bizarre mania to put a four year campus within 50 miles of every citizen of the state and you find a situation in which too few resources are spread among too many campuses.</p>
<p>At Ohio State, state support accounts for less than 20% of the university’s operating budget, leaving the rest to be made up by private sources and tuition.</p>
<p>Coming back to the thread - we have 2 people say that they got the email. correct? And over 2,000 viewed the thread. Hard to believe that only 2/60 or 3% of ivitees are on CC?
Another question - what if president/medalist recipient ends up not attending - I would guess there will be a few of those, maybe 50%, just a guess. So what happens tho this money then?</p>
<p>I called OSU’s financial aid office today to ask about whether or not the Distinguished Scholarship would be added to awards such as Maximus and Provost or if it would replace them. The woman that I spoke with told me that they are actually in the process of making that determination, but that she thinks they will add. I will let everyone know, as soon as I do, what the decision is. There is still hope though!</p>
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Thank you LennyPepperidge for posting an answer before I saw scott04’s post.
Scott04 your logic is faulty. It would be helpful if you and Caolila understood how taxes, funding for higher education and federal FA are actually determined/applied before “assuming” that tOSU is treating you unfairly.
Take it up with your parents and the legislators in Ohio…not tOSU.</p>
<p>My mother has been a university professor for 22 years. I am well award of how university is funded and how states have reduced their funding. How presumptive and arrogant for you to criticize me and scott04.</p>
<p>It’s just sad to see all these students with Ivy stats that counted on full rides, or at least full tuition at tOSU. They deserve it and the University just isn’t positioned like other places (for whatever reason).</p>
<p>Dad2011…I was also surprised to see so few CC’ers invited to the interviews. We thought D1 would be competitive (3.99UW/4.15W, 36 ACT, 2400 SAT, solid but not spectacular EC’s) but who knows what criteria they used? We thought her essays were great, but it all depends on who’s reading them. In any case, it makes her decision process simpler. Good luck to the invitees!!</p>
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Evidently not. You seem to have trouble understanding how a federal EFC number is determined and interpreted by tOSU.
BTW - what did you mom say when you suggested that she take a pay cut to $38K so that your family would actually be better off financially?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ohio-state-university-columbus/1089221-affordability.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ohio-state-university-columbus/1089221-affordability.html</a></p>
<p>aglagas, you should chill out, caolila is just throwing some things out there this fourm should be open to discussion, not making fun. From your previous posts I gather you are a grown man, so maybe you shouldn’t make fun of a teenage girl.</p>
<p>^^^
Yes - you are correct…caolila is just throwing some things out there and I should have some compassion for her.</p>
<p>Thank you pleaseplease. I am worried about costs, financial outlook of our country (few getting jobs) and taxation overall.</p>
<p>I also received the email and call for the Scholarship Interview Weekend. I was completely shocked, I didn’t think my HOSA was that formidable.
I’m curious about how all of this works. Do we all go in with equal chances of receiving the Presidential Scholarship? I was wondering if perhaps they already have an idea of who will receive the full-ride, and if the interview is just a confirmation of those decisions? It seems like narrowing 60 people down to 15 (based entirely on the interview) would be quite a challenge. Do they separate the 60 students into “probable Presidential recipients” and “probable Medalist recipients” even before the interview? Obviously students should aim for the Presidential, but do you think some of us might already be at a disadvantage? I know the email they sent said that the 60 of us were eligible for the Presidential, but have they already distinguished those “eligible” from those who are “better-qualified?” I’m probably entirely wrong, I’m not well-acquainted with how these selection processes work. Any ideas?</p>