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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I tell my kids that they can go to an in-state public. They are welcome to apply to any private and out-of-state schools, but they cannot go there unless merit and aid are able to bring the price down to that of our in-state Publics. There are absolutely out of state schools and privates who will do this. But obviously, not all of them and it depends on the stats of your kids[/quote]

I am in VA. My daughter is applying to an out of state school that is cheaper than our most expensive state school (W&M) BEFORE merit.[/quote]

Can you share school?[/quote]

[b]Commonwealth University [/b]

Most of the smaller PA schools (ie, not Penn St or Pitt) are similarly priced[/quote]

But CU is ranked 126 in REGIONAL universities NORTH. That's not good[/quote]

Can we not attack PP or their kid’s choice? Not everyone wants or needs the same college experience.[/quote]

DP - It's not an attack. it's a fact. look it up. In such cases community college with guaranteed transfer program is less expensive and provides a degree from an outstanding institution. Remember we are responding to OP's problem. This could be the answer for them[/quote]

That's a lot of criticism for not knowing a lot about the situation. She wants a very niche major. Only 13 schools in the country have it and CU is one of them. That guaranteed transfer would not get her her desired area of study and that's a fact[/quote]

Ok so she wants speech pathology, ASL teaching or Special Needs training. None of those is available in only thirteen colleges.

CU is a financial risk as are many LACs which suffered during covid, my own included. The NYTimes ran a piece about two months' ago pointing out that one LAC a day or a week were shuttering.  CU was formed only 2 years ago via a merger of three other institutions that were folding. It doesn't have good rankings even on a regional ranking. It's still $40k a year. You still woukd be better off starting at community college (even without a guaranteed transfer guarantee - just simple transfer). By then, CU may have folded or - most likely as studies tell us - your DD will have taken core courses and may have an entirely new idea about what she wants to major in and has a new list of colleges to look at it.

A colleague taught at Otterbein University, a Ohio Regional school with much higher rankings regionally than CW. I toured with him. It's now $50k a year but should you attend? "Hell no!" said my colleague  and he moved on after a few years to teach elsewhere.[/quote]

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