2Leashes

This is from my daughter:

Female-- California coast

Major-- Therapeutic Recreation or Exercise Science (Plans to go to Occupational Therapy grad school later.)

GPA-- 4.15 W 3.97 UW
ACT--28 (I took it a second time in Oct. Waiting for scores. Will send them in. Hopefully higher.)
AP History, AP Bio. AP English, AP Gov't./ AP Econ
Honors Pre-Calculus & Triginometry at community college
Honors American Literature

AP scores: APUSH-4 and BIO-3

Straight A student with the exception of one B in APUSH fall semester.

President of Nat'l Honors Society. 3 year member
3 year member of Key Club
Very active in Concert Choir and Jazz Singers

Extra-curriculars: Community service and volunteering. I enjoy singing in my Jazz Group, especially when we sing for events or different facilities. I sometimes work at 10K races doing data entry/registering runners. But mostly babysitting. I volunteered last summer in Guatemala.

Do you think I have a fair chance of getting in?

LoonLake

You are in, for sure.

rrah

I'm sure she will be accepted. Did she apply already? It looks like she's currently eligible for the $5000/year scholarship. If she happened to increase her ACT score to 30 she could be eligible for the $9000/year.

2Leashes

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This is what she's aiming for. Unfortunately, that isn't much money when you consider the OOS tuition and tack on room and board and travel expenses.

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I'm sure she will be accepted. Did she apply already? It looks like she's currently eligible for the $5000/year scholarship. If she happened to increase her ACT score to 30 she could be eligible for the $9000/year.
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2Leashes

She just saw her ACT scores today. (Still waiting for Writing score.) She was able to raise her composite score to 30. So, she should be eligible for the:

IU Distinction - $36,000 ($9,000 per year)
The IU Distinction Scholarship is awarded to the best and brightest out-of-state students who meet each of the following criteria:
Out-of-state student (domestic and international)
Minimum SAT score of 1330 or minimum ACT score of 30
Minimum GPA of 3.80 on a 4.0 scale
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Batllo

So how much do you have to pay per year?

2Leashes

Unfortunately, as an out of state student it would cost close to $40,000 a year with added expenses like travel, etc. Just the tuition/room & board are pushing $35,000 according to the IU website. So, even $9,000 a year won't put a huge dent in this amount. But, we'll see! First things first.

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So how much do you have to pay per year?

cdd328

as a fellow applicant, i would think that she would get in for sure. I just found out today that i got in with far less impressive gpa and around the same test scores. best of luck!

2Leashes

Congratulations! What is your major? When did you apply? She applied October 18. And now they just have to get her higher ACT score so she can qualify for the $9,000 scholarship. Where do you live? In Indiana?

cdd328 wrote:

as a fellow applicant, i would think that she would get in for sure. I just found out today that i got in with far less impressive gpa and around the same test scores. best of luck!

Calcruzer

Yes, $40,000 per year is about the total cost--and it will go up slightly each year.

This consists of an out-of-state tuition fee of $22,000 plus fees of around $1,000, plus housing of $8,000 plus food at $6,000 plus books at $2,000 plus transportation of around $1,000 per year. Your daughter would pay $9,000 less on the tuition and fees because of the scholarship.

On the other hand, UC students will pay $9,000 next year in tuition, plus fees of $1,000, plus housing of $10,000, plus food at $6,000 plus books at $2,000 but transportation of essentially zero if close (at UCSC)--and maybe $300 if at a UC farther away.

So the total out-of-pocket (for you/your daughter) at IU-B will be around $31,000 and at a UC around $28,200.

Fees at Indiana will go up in future years around $1,500 (7%) and $1,350 at the UCs (15%). Note that the tuition increases are larger at IU-B than at UC despite them being a smaller percentage. However--as you can see--the total cost difference is only around $3,000 per year.

The difference would be much greater if your daughter went to a Cal State--but as a person who went to both a Cal State and then later to a UC, I guarantee you that the quality of the education is not equivalent--and Indiana's educational level is equivalent to the UC level.

P.S. If you daughter plans to go on for a graduate medical degree in Occupational Therapy, you might be interested in knowing that the Indiana Medical School (which is in Indianapolis) is the second largest medical school in the country. Also, I don't know your socioeconomic situation--but--with your daughter's GPA/test scores, if she comes from a less well-to-do family, she should apply to at least one of the lower Ivies--Brown/Penn/Cornell--because, if she gets in--most of her tuition cost would be covered.

Calcruzer

2Leashes,

I don't know if you caught the latest news about tuition in California, but the UC Regents recently announced a tuition increase of 32% for next year (ouch)--meaning that the cost differential between Indiana University and the UCs has narrowed considerably.

The new UC total cost of attendance is now around $29,800 versus IU-B's cost to your daughter of $31,000. Also, this raises the question of which school will be increasing their tuition faster from year-to-year. California faces even tougher budget challenges next year, since the local K-12 schools will not be receiving the federal stimulus funds that made up approximately 14% of their budgets this year. Thus they will be demanding more money for the local K-12 schools--resulting in a continuing squeeze on funds going to the colleges.

In your daughter's case, I wouldn't be surprised if the total cost of a college degree at IU-B, even as an out-of-state student, actually ends up being less than the cost of a college degree at an in-state University of California branch (and that's assuming that they keep all the UCs open). Some UC professors have previously suggested that they close some of the smaller UCs such as Riverside, Merced and UC Santa Cruz:

23 UCSD Professors suggest the University of California shut down UCSC, UCR, and UCM