<p>because you can't afford it?</p>
<p>Me!</p>
<p>Why did you apply if you knew you couldn't afford it? A lot kids at my school did this and I got my hopes up thinking I'd have some joining me in college but none went.</p>
<p>Perhaps he hoped he/they hoped they'd get some sort of scholarship or financial aid...?</p>
<p>I know someone who was offered a full scholarship months ago to Michigan but isn't really considering going because it was a target/safety for them and they like several other schools much more. This bothered me because they have a great deal in front of them. If someone's not going to go with free tuition, they probably won't go under any circumstances. I don't know why they applied.</p>
<p>I really want to go. My efc was a little higher than the combined cost of tuition and room & board, so if I'm accepted and attend, I may end up paying for everything. I'm OOS btw. Is Michigan worth the cost if you're OOS?(for those not receiving much financial aid or merit scholarships)</p>
<p>chibearsfan can probably tell you more than I can, but depending on your field of interest, YES. Michigan is a great place to be for anything except pre-med, honestly. The sciences could be stronger, but overall a great great school even for OOS students.</p>
<p>QNYgirl, your question is really hard to answer. For me it was worth the OOS tuition. I'm on a math scholarship, but it's not much. I was accepted to three schools. One did not fit me socially at all, one was ranked significantly lower in my intended area of study (40th or so), and then there was Michigan that was both good in what I wanted and fit me socially. Michigan was well worth OOS, because i preferred it over any private school. For me, Michigan is practically a private school since honors classes are so small, yet I still get the perks of a public like awesome sports teams and tons of school spirit, so it's the best of both worlds and well worth the OOS tuition.</p>
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<p>Because - at least from my point of view - you choose the schools you apply to based on how much you would like to go to the school, and not based on whether or not you think you can afford it.</p>
<p>I got in for Engineering OOS, without scholarship, so it's not looking too good...might not get too much in the way of federal aid. We'll see.</p>
<p>I'm going if UM would give me at least half a scholarship.
I applied OOS because I hoped that UM would give me some finaid. I wanted to apply to one good out of state school that had scholarships, and the natural choice was UM. But now, even if I get half tuition, it would be hard to pick over a school like Duke at full tuition or U. of Florida which is free.</p>
<p>i would love to go to michigan but i just don't think my family will be able to afford it. very few merit scholarships are awarded, and the financial aid officer told me that UMich just can't meet the needs of its out of state students. he said that even students with an EFC of 0 are required to pay anywhere from $6,000.. and usually more. this just doesn't work for my family. </p>
<p>hopefully i will attend Notre Dame in the fall. they promise to meet 100% student need and ND is undoubtly a better school. honestly i was sold on UMich, until i heard how their finaid work. bargain for instate maybe, but not worth it for me.</p>
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<p>I agree with everyone else; you have to at least give it a try. This is what I did for MIT - it doesn't seem to have worked, but it was worth it. And odds are better for Michigan, which gives a few merit scholarships.</p>
<p>I have to pay for EVERYTHING. I am probably going to go into huge debt but it will pay off in the long run</p>
<p>One of my friend up in Michigan already had a conversation with her friends. Some current students don't think they can return next year because they don't think they'll be able to afford it anymore. She added how Michigan's financial aid is pretty pethetic. For the enormous amount of tuition they get from the giant OOS population, you'd think their FA would be a bit better.</p>
<p>Marcc...that's incredibly sad and very embarrassing for UM. There's no excuse for turning people away because they can't pay. If we're supposed to be this world class institution, then why can't we get our financial aid program together?</p>
<p>I got an offer for an excellence award or something where they said they can offer between $2000 and $12000 depending on my EFC. My EFC is 29.5K, so if I got the rest of tuition 100% covered with a scholarship, I'd give Michigan a strong look.</p>
<p>As of now though, I can't see myself going there with the high price tag..... UNC looks much better if they give me money</p>
<p>If you want aid, you want a lower EFC, right? Do they factor in the EFC with just tuition or with room and board also? My EFC is 16K. With that EFC, what kind of aid can I get?</p>
<p>I must agree with Chibearsfan. Financing a university education is something parents are supposed to study carefully for years before. If one cannot afford a university because one's parents don't have the finances or aren't willing to pay up, one shouldn't apply. </p>
<p>Merit scholarships are great...but they are merely a luxury, not a necessity. The fact of the matter is simple. Schools like Michigan don't come cheap. They give their students access to the best facilities and faculty in the world. That is why schools like Michigan cost anywhere between $35,000 and $45,000 to attend. At least schoolslike Michigan are justified in charging high tuition. I personally don't understand how many second rate private schools charge over $40,000.</p>
<p>"...they (Notre Dame) promise to meet 100% student need and ND is undoubtly a better school."</p>
<p>Marcc, Notre Dame is not even slightly better than Michigan, let alone "undoubtebly" better. Notre Dame is a good university, certainly one of the top 25 private universities in the nation, but it is not better than Michigan. In most ways that matter, I'd say Michigan is at least as good as Notre Dame...if not better.</p>
<p>It's not because you think Michigan is too expensive that it all of a sudden is undoubtebly weaker than Notre Dame.</p>
<p>Ha Reeze, I wouldn't get your hopes up with getting a high scholarship with an EFC of $29,500. A good friend of mine was in the same boat, and he now pays full tuition to attend there. Although it really does depend on the aid year, but your chances aren't looking too good at all.</p>
<p>Alexandre: "If one cannot afford a university because one's parents don't have the finances or aren't willing to pay up, one shouldn't apply."</p>
<p>Surely you don't mean that, because that is very elitist and eliminates anyone who cannot afford the full boat.
I imagine most applicants don't know if they can afford any top college until they get the FA package since nearly every top institiution boasts that more than 50% of their students get some FA, or are they just giving need money away?</p>
<p>I hope this is not representative of students at U Mich.</p>
<p>I am not talking about students who qualify for need-based FA. I am referring to those who's prents have the money but think its just too expensive.</p>