Terrible dysfunction at UC administration
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Anonymous
| Our DD is going to a top-tier UC school, out of state, and every step of dealing with the administration has been a total fiasco. They didn't update the estimated prices on their website (or on the student portal) until a month or so ago, after the acceptance deadline, so we basically accepted based off the 2023 cost of attendance data. Last week they sent out invoices to some people who are receiving financial aid, but all the numbers were wrong so they told the parents that new letters would be going out this week. (We are not getting aid since we're OOS.) Today finally our portal got updated with the amount we owe, but there is no invoice - so we don't know what the figure is composed of (doesn't break out tuition, room and board, taxes, anything - there is just one single very expensive number.) The housing allocation was totally botched, they gave the kids the option of forming roommate groups and booking a room together -- which my DD and her friends did -- but in the end they broke up the group for no obvious reason and none of the roommates are together. We are going to be paying $75k+ annually for this school, and I have a terrible sinking feeling in my gut that these are all warning signs for the caliber of the education my DD will be getting. Should I be concerned? |
Anonymous
| Is it UCLA or Berkeley? Both have these problems annually and it’s not going away (check Reddit) |
Anonymous
| Eh people will harp on the state school part, but DC is going to an ivy that had very similar issue. Financial aid offices can be pretty incompetent. |
Anonymous
Columbia? |
Anonymous
Yeah trust me, I didn't chose. My DD chose. |
Anonymous
Go even higher up the ranking list |
Anonymous
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If she’s getting a comp sci degree it will
be worth it in the end. |
Anonymous
| Proof that rankings are meaningless. |
Anonymous
In what way? |
Anonymous
Ok then stop interfering. You get what you pay for - and in your case you are paying for a *public* institution that does not cater to students as “consumers.” |
Anonymous
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Why would you spend so much money on a public university? I don’t get it. Full pay, these are $40k schools and most in-state students pay less because of need.
UC’s are massive bureaucracies. Everything is convoluted. Great schools, but a headache in terms of costumer service. Good luck. |
Anonymous
Did you read the post? Is that how you expect a top school to operate? |
Anonymous
...Yeah. I don't have rose tinted views of academia. Go to Harvard, and you'll see BS like this all the time. It's just a part of bureaucracy. |
Anonymous
Why did you find it necessary to comment on a parent's college choice, just because it isn't your own. Incredibly immature. |
Anonymous
Yes, this. It isn’t so much that it is a public school as the fact it is a public school and huge. I would expect bureaucracy and. My child to be “just a number” when the school is also dealing with 24,000 other undergrads. |