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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm curious what motivates most applicants. Are there advantages? Or do you typically have a family reason?

DD is a couple years out, but we are considering a within-US move for in-state residency purposes and wondering what else to consider. [/quote]

1. [url]Less expensive (even with the flights back and forth)[b]
2. We have family in the other country our kids applied to[/quote]

Not anymore it’s $100k a year read posts above.[/quote]

The $100K figure was only for certain majors at Oxford. International tuition and fees for most top ranked UK universities is considerably less than at Oxford.  [/quote]

Well, my kid is paying $100k for Oxford. Here’s the breakdown and link. Tuition ranges between 37,780 pounds to 62,820 pounds, more for medicine. Living costs range 15,795 to 18,995 pounds. 62,820 + 18,945 =81,765 81,765 pounds, which is $108,794 dollars. https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/fees-and-funding/living-costs[/quote]

for a US student who is hoping to be a doctor in the US, going to Oxford is a terrible move.

but I expect your kid isn't studying medicine at all.  they're doing a humanities course. Let's say PPE starting next year.  And you used the very highest possible room and board (and every extra) number from this chart https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/fees-and-funding/living-costs. But we don't have to do that, because we dont' do that when we're comparing other colleges. So:

Tuition: 43k GBP.  
Room: 7500-9000 gbp. Let's use 9k. 
Board: 2900-4900 gbp  Let's use 4k.

That's 56k gbp.  [b]that's $75,000 USD.  [/b]. Also, [b]Oxford is three years.[/b]  So full PPE degree is $225,000. A steal compared to full pay private which, again for kids starting in 2026, will be 400k.

But you knew that. [/quote]

What is your problem? My kid is paying $100k as stated by the university stat pages. And doing very well, thank you. Sorry you such a bizarre personality disorder that you have to fight about nonsense on mommy boards[/quote]

DP here I agree that poster is nuts. I think I know them in real life. First kid at MIT second at Duke. Obsessed.[/quote]

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