<p>Which tuition exchange colleges are the best in terms of academics and "worldly" students? It seems like the list has a few decent schools among a plethora of pretty mediocre ones. There is a lot of pressure to go to one of the schools on the list, but none of them seem as satisfying as my top other choices, Grinnell and Macalester.</p>
<p>any opinions?</p>
<p>Doesn't UMich or Wisconsin or Minnesota or something get tuition exchange with states in the area?</p>
<p>I know Arizona State University/Northern AZ University get tuition exchange with CA but I can't attest to their academic quality.</p>
<p>Are you talking about this list?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tuitionexchange.org/partinst.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://www.tuitionexchange.org/partinst.cfm</a></p>
<p>I know North Dakota, Minnesota, and South Dakota all have reciprocity. Then Wisconsin and Minnesota have it too. </p>
<p>Then there is like the WUE and MSEP at 150% tuition - <a href="http://msep.mhec.org/%5B/url%5D">http://msep.mhec.org/</a></p>
<p>Yeah, I'm talking about the website. There's this whole list called the "tuition exchange" where if your parent works at one liberal arts college, you can go to another one tuition free, if you get the scholarship. Sorry I wasn't very clear. Most of the schools are small: Beloit, Lawrence, Bucknell, Skidmore, Kalamazoo, Antioch, and about three hundred more, including a lot of worthless ones.</p>
<p>Does this just work within a state or does it apply all over the country?</p>
<p>American, George Washington U., and U Delaware were the best ones when I looked last (my kids are eligible). Mt. Holyoke and Smith, if you are female, are worth looking at.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice. I've also heard a lot of good things about Smith, and I'm surprised it's on the list. Did your kids look at it, OneMom? My only fear is that I would get sick of only being around females all the time, just because of the way girls can be. I hadn't even looked at U Delaware, so maybe I'll give that one a try.</p>
<p>No, my kids are boys, so Smith is not going to work. George Washington U is probably the highest ranked university on the list. Fordham is on the list- I was surprised about that. The exchanges are not guaranteed. It is harder than just going to the school where the parent works. It all depends on whether or not your target school wants to exchange. My guys are too young still, so I haven't looked into the exact procedure. It may help if you ask your parent's employing school if they know of any schools that want to exchange, or have in the past, or owe them an exchange. Yes, this system is supposed to work nationwide.</p>
<p>I'm eligible for the schools on that list too when I apply next year. A couple other "good" ones include the University of Southern California and the University of Florida. The ones I am mainly looking at (as of right now) are U of Dayton, Xavier U, and possibly Syracuse.</p>
<p>Yeah, the policies differ from place to place, but as far as I know it doesn't matter who "wants" to exchange with whom. I think it's mostly just whether or not you make their tuition "cut." I'm looking for more of a small school--Kalamazoo, Occidental or Beloit, maybe. And if I'm lucky, maybe some other ones will be added before I go off to college.</p>