<p>mootmom: don't want to hijack this thread, but how much "suitcase" school is your S finding at FDU?</p>
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rodney, there is definitely some percentage of the FDU student body that goes home on weekends. (Since we're from CA, there's no way he could do that.) He says it is never a mass exodus, and he always has plenty to do and plenty of other students to do it with all weekend. There are increasing numbers of students from states other than NJ/NY, so the "I couldn't go home for the weekend even if I wanted to" population seems to be increasing. He does go into town and into NYC with some regularity.
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<p>thanks; good to know........if he ever needs a home-cooked meal, PM me....15 minutes away....</p>
<p>thanks for the clarification OP - Yes, I would agree that a typical family earning $150,000 needs to look at colleges they can afford without financial aid. We looked at U Hartford which it appeared my daughter might be able to get substantial merit aid at (she's a B plus student); a lot of kids love it. The campus looked just fine; it's near public transportation, Hartford isn't great but easy to get to NY or Boston. The dorm we saw was really mildewey and that killed it for her, but maybe your tour would get a better sample.</p>
<p>U Hartford on list -thanks FDU- very nice- Let's hope for some merit. Any idea what kind of SAT scores you need to qualify for the merit?</p>
<p>My sister in laws family has lots of kids who went to FDU, Widener, Rider. Those names come up often. I don't know much about those schools but they do have a following.</p>
<p>Nightingale -- I do not know for certain whether they have an SAT qualification, but a quick check of the SAT ranges for incoming freshmen in the Common Data Set for the FDU campus in Madison would lead me to think that anything in the 600s or above would be considered for merit. This would correlate with my son's experience (except he had a high M score).</p>
<p>Also note that their admissions are rolling. The Jan. 15th date is the cut-off for scholarship consideration. After being admitted and identified as a scholarship candidate, my son was invited to a Scholars Day in March. Because we lived outside the local area, we were offered a stipend to cover his travel costs, as a credit on his bill if he matriculated.</p>