CU Boulder is out!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid was offered such a low merit package, despite being very high stats. Should we really request a review? Without more money, he’s not going….

You are unlikely to get high merit, CU is the school for wealthy trust fund kids and the outdoor access to so many rec activities means that they are less incentivized to offer aid. Florida is known as the “Sunshine State” and averages 237 sunny days per year, while Colorado averages around 300 days of sunshine per year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They rejected several 4.0 uw; 35-36.

They don’t want to be anyone’s safety anymore it seems.

Straight out if Wisco was playbook from 6 years ago.

Is this self defeating or does it ultimately result in a higher quality of students attending?

[Anonymous]

What’s tuition and fees for oos?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What’s tuition and fees for oos?

Depends on the college within CU Boulder and even on the program within the college. For DC in a STEM major in A&S it's $46,200 for the year all in (tuition & fees, not including room & board). They do have a four year tuition guarantee (i.e. the tuition you start with won't change for four years which is great unless you need more than four years to graduate). They're very generous with AP/IB/DE credits, but if you don't bring in 20+ I've heard it's hard to graduate in four years for certain majors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What’s tuition and fees for oos?

https://www.colorado.edu/bursar/costs/undergraduate#undergraduate-nonresident

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:"University of Colorado Boulder admissions has an acceptance rate of 79% and an early acceptance rate of 93.7%. Half the applicants admitted to University of Colorado Boulder who submitted test scores have an SAT score between 1160 and 1390 or an ACT score of 26 and 31."

That's weird. Based on this forum, it appears that everyone who goes there has a 1500 SAT score.

I know two students who go there who were in special education classes. They were full pay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They rejected several 4.0 uw; 35-36.

They don’t want to be anyone’s safety anymore it seems.

Straight out if Wisco was playbook from 6 years ago.

Looking at Naviance, that doesn’t seem to be the case at all.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid was offered such a low merit package, despite being very high stats. Should we really request a review? Without more money, he’s not going….

No, they're stingy with merit. They don't need to give large amounts to get OOS kids to come. Every year people complain about CU's merit aid and they got "xyz" higher amount from a better ranked school. CU doesn't care.

My DD got $15k/year.

Is this in the past year or two? If so it's extraordinary. Pre-covid they were much more generous.

Yes. She’s a freshman there now. She was also able to bring in 17 credits from her APs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid was offered such a low merit package, despite being very high stats. Should we really request a review? Without more money, he’s not going….

No, they're stingy with merit. They don't need to give large amounts to get OOS kids to come. Every year people complain about CU's merit aid and they got "xyz" higher amount from a better ranked school. CU doesn't care.

My DD got $15k/year.

Is this in the past year or two? If so it's extraordinary. Pre-covid they were much more generous.

Yes. She’s a freshman there now. She was also able to bring in 17 credits from her APs.

Wow - congrats to her!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They rejected several 4.0 uw; 35-36.

They don’t want to be anyone’s safety anymore it seems.

Straight out if Wisco was playbook from 6 years ago.

Looking at Naviance, that doesn’t seem to be the case at all.

For this year?

[Anonymous]

It was supposed to be a safety and my kid got deferred!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It was supposed to be a safety and my kid got deferred!

Exactly…happening to everyone this year tbh.

[Anonymous]

It's tough when a school doesn't consider demonstrated interest and just assumes high stats kids are using it as a safety. There are plenty of kids who are interested in fit - including access to the amazing outdoor opportunities in CO - more than ranking.

[Anonymous]

DD in!
3.67 UW
TO
Public school OOS
Good extracurriculars
Good essay

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It was supposed to be a safety and my kid got deferred!

We really all need to be pounding into our kids heads that ALL admissions are a crapshoot - not just the T50 or 75 or whatever. Sometimes it makes no sense.