<p>Accepted
Northern VA
3.91W
1850 SAT/30 ACT
Environmental Policy
No Merit Scholarship
No scholarship money, not likely to attend; 4 other schools have offered generous merit $$$s</p>
<p>carlsonnr and polkadotmom369:</p>
<p>If finances are an issue, keep in mind the cost of winter/summer session (nearly 5,000 for 7 credits) if your child chooses to attend either of those those. (Our D took 7 credits this past winter.) Study abroad requires that you pay tuition for the session as well as the trip cost. (Greece study abroad was close to 10,000) Summer internships also requires you to pay for the session tuition AS WELL AS the cost of the internship and expenses - just like the study abroad. (depending on the location an length of the internship - right around 9,000) There are also additional costs for housing and fees for winter/summer as well. Our daughter has her own apartment - so we avoid the university housing and meal costs. (thank heaven)</p>
<p>UDMom: You just answered my next question about how much the costs are for Study Abroad. I had no idea that the associated costs were so high! UDel originated the study abroad program—that was one of the things that attracted D to this school. Finances are an issue in the decision making counterpoints despite a healthy merit award (OOS). I apologize for running this thread OT. I can’t thank you enough, UDMom.</p>
<p>UDMom, do students usually do summer/winter classes? I’m trying to get a feel for whether that would be necessary.</p>
<p>Study abroad would definitely be necessary for my D, but I’m not sure about summer/winter.</p>
<p>Summer and winter sessions are strictly voluntary. They are nice when it is a difficult class (chemistry) that generally takes a lot of focus and study time. The student can finish in 5 weeks and give their full attention to that particular class. Our daughter REALLY wanted to get the class out of the way - so winter session was a good option for her.</p>
<p>Winter study abroad in a place with nice weather is a bonus too. A couple of her friends were living it up on the beach in New Zealand while she was living in nearly 2 feet of snow in Newark!</p>
<p>Taking summer/winter classes locally can save the OOS students alot IF the courses deemed by Udel to be equivalent in material. Dont have the time now to find it, but they have each states public and private schools and the corresponding courses that other kids have taken locally that have already been approved to be equal somewhere on their website. Credits transfer grades do not. Forget about the upper math courses for engineering being of equivalent at local universities not likely. Science courses might be out of sequence for requirements so another issue for those thinking summer courses at home could lighten heavy course loads.
I think no matter where they go the hidden costs can be substantial in state, OOS, public or private that can catch one by surprise.</p>
<p>A friends son attending an 18K a year In state SUNY and he told me so far freshman year he has written a grand total of 28K in tuition and “unknown” fees they were never told about.</p>
<p>Accepted
Connecticut
GPA:3.51 unweighted
1240/1600, 1870/2400
Lots of EC’s,
Major: Organizational and Community Leadership</p>
<p>Re: winter session, I had no idea it was so expensive. I know they used to push how great a deal it was because they did not charge for the dorm, but this past year they decided that it was another fee they could charge, so they charged $500.</p>
<p>samiamy, I am confused about your numbers. You’re claiming that someone who is attending SUNY in state is paying $18k? And that they’ve actually had to pay $28k? That makes no sense. Even with room & board I don’t think that SUNY is that high. And what’s the other $10k for???</p>
<p>accepted
from mass
3.70 GPA
1790 SAT
exercise science major</p>
<p>SUNY maritime with all the extra fees, living there so room and board. Athletic fee, lab fees per class etc,cable fee so Im taking his word for it as far as what he paid, he really has no reason to be fabricating it.</p>