Reply to UGA EA Stats and decisions dates

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "UGA EA Stats and decisions dates"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]30 years ago who would have thought that UGA would be as (if not more) competitive as Emory, if not more so.  The Zell Scholarship was such a brilliant idea![/quote]

I don’t quite understand the comment…[b]in state UGA acceptance is like 50%[/b].[/quote]

It is a much tougher admit coming from the stronger public high schools and top private schools in state, because so many kids are applying due to HOPE. [/quote]

Ok, I guess.  Is it just free tuition?  [b]Is $10k for an instate kid from a top private particularly meaningful?[/b]

I mean, if I am paying $40k to send them to an Atlanta private, then for some reason avoiding $10k for instate tuition is meaningful?[/quote]

I'm the PP you're responding to, and that is definitely a fair point!  :lol:  I think it's that they're [i]avoiding[/i] $80k+ for a private college or $65k+ for out of state public. [/quote]

Except it’s not like someone that sends their kid to Sidwell and lives in MD cares much about paying $85k for Harvard, so they aren’t even probably applying to UMD even though that’s only $27k in state.

[b]I guess I’m trying to understand the psychology at play[/b]…perhaps the acceptable options within say 500 miles just aren’t there?[/quote]

I don't know what to tell you - I don't think it's hard to grasp that a student/parents, regardless of how wealthy they are, would think twice about spending $300,000-$400,000 when they could spend $40,000, or whatever the total would be at UGA. I think it's even more understandable when a family two or more kids headed to college. [/quote]

Because most families that make tons of money and don’t think twice about spending $55k per year for k-12, would then turn around and now worry about spending $120k (the $10k is just tuition plus $20k per year for the rest) vs $300k.

Many of those families live in nice areas with great public schools and they choose to pay for private.

Why now?[/quote]

1. Maybe the student didn't get into a private they felt was worth the cost difference.
2. Maybe the family was receiving a scholarship to attend the private and didn't qualify for as much aid at a private college. We can't assume all families at private high schools are full pay.
3. Maybe the family prioritized private K-12 but not private college.
4. Maybe the student wanted a big public versus a private experience for college.
5. Maybe the family has five kids headed to college and decide they can't (or don't want) to swing private tuition for that many kids.
6. In the "nicest" areas of Atlanta (not metro), there are two public high schools that would be options for families. They are not the top high schools in Atlanta or the state. I can't speak to Maryland. 
[/quote]

So somebody can pay $40k per year for 5 kids, but now they decide they can’t pay more for college?

This whole debate was because someone implied that a $10k per year Zell scholarship suddenly had all the private school kids wanting UGA.

That doesn’t seem like a reasonable argument for why full pay private school kids are now interested in UGA.

If people wanted to save money and chose UGA they would pick it Zell
Scholarship or not.[/quote]

You're also forgetting that the truly top kids are not only getting Zell, they're getting a completely full ride. And yes, I think spending $200,000 for five kids to attend private K-12 is very different than spending 1.5 million for college. Maybe I would feel differently if I were wealthy.

Regardless of money, I think top kids are applying to UGA because they feel it's a good school and want it as an option. The lower tuition is just a nice bonus. You do not have to agree, and that is completely okay![/quote]

[b]$200,000 per year X 13 = $2.6MM[/b][/quote]

Yes, I corrected myself above.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics