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[quote=Anonymous][quote=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? [/quote]

I'm sorry to hear this. We celebrated when our own DD was accepted into two top-tier UC schools. Then we went to their admitted students days. So much of what you describe in terms of disorganization, lack of attention to details, and what seems like little focus on undergrad experience and a lot of focus on their research and rankings. It was an easy no for our kiddo who is happily ensconced in a T25 school on the east coast.[/quote]

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