Hi,
So I just finished my sophomore year, and I was accepted as a transfer student to one of the private schools in California. I currently go to a BIG10 school majoring in business, and I was wondering if I would be able to use the acceptance to try to get a scholarship from my current school even though the private school is more expensive? any opinions are welcome 
Good luck with that.
I think you are better off just asking your current school what additional FA you might be eligible for (department scholarship? some additional need based aid?) but not mentioning the other school. Current school won’t care about you transferring, but might have some empathy for your financial situation.
No.
Do you want to transfer? Is the CA school a better fit in business for you than your current school?
And can you afford the transfer school? If the answer to any of those is NO, what would you do if your current school called your bluff and said bye bye?
I don’t see how would that work.
They are not going to give you merit aid if you are not meritorious. Threatening to transfer out to USC or wherever will not phase them. Big 10 schools are not hurting for students. They will wish you good luck in your future endeavors.
This is pretty preposterous. Unless you are star student leading the research for the cure for cancer, your current university won’t care enough if you transfer to a different school. You aren’t the only one transferring out. What do you think they will give scholarships to everyone?
Lets add some additional information. According to your other threads,…you are an international student.
So…let’s just ask…
- Does your big 10 school give need based aid or merit aid to international students?
- Did you apply for need based aid when you were an incoming freshman?
- Did you receive a scholarship as an incoming freshman...international student?
There are some Big 10 schools that don’t give aid at all to international students.
For example…from University of Michigan…
From Ohio State:
Looks like Wisconsin and Illinois are similar…very limited funding for international students.
Frankly, these public universities aren’t going to give two hoots that you got merit money…or even need based money from a private university in CA.
If that private is more affordable and you want to transfer there…go for it. But it’s not going to give you any leverage, in my opinion, with your current public university.
ETA…it looks like you attend MSU. They clearly state they have limited funds for international students. There are scholarships for incoming freshmen…and some for transfers…not too many of which are for international students.
You are neither a transfer nor an incoming freshman.
For UIUC, don’t even dream about FA for international. Not even for OOS.
I do know international students at UMich received/receiving merit scholarships. They are either in music school, or getting a small departmental one after declaring major with good GPA.
Unlike the rest of these posters it doesn’t hurt to ask, they probably won’t give you anything but one thing is for sure, they won’t boot you out for asking.
Sure, ask. No, they’re not going to kick you out. They’re not going to give you a penny more though.
Nope. At minimum, if they were peer schools, your current school would want to see a financial aid package from USC.
You really have no leverage because USC does not provide financial aid to international students.
So apparently you must have aid for USC so why would your current school up your aid ?
Right…IF the OP has aid for USC (is that the CA private?) it has to be merit aid.
Michigan State…or any other big Ten school is NOT going to match merit aid offers from a private school. Why should they.
And Michigan State CLEARLY states they offer limited funds for international freshmen and transfers…and the OP is neither one of these.
Why did you go to a school that you can’t afford?
Why do you want to transfer to a school that is even more expensive?