<p>Congratulations pkdof13!</p>
<p>pdkof13: Congratulations to you and your DS!</p>
<p>From the Chabad website, thought it was a fun idea.</p>
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<p>^^Fun and very cool that they spun it into a charitable event!</p>
<p>Congratulations to all you with great admissions news and good luck for the coming year. Merry Christmas to those of you celebrating. We have spent the past two days catching up on the holidays we missed with our kids. Yesterday we had a second Thanksgiving with all the trimmings. Today we had latkis and matzo ball soup for lunch. Tomorrow it will be leftovers :).</p>
<p>Rockville,
I asked my older son about it and he laughed. He was part of the record breaking spin in Philadelphia at USYIC last year. I asked him if he was part of this one at Binghamton and he said he didn’t want to break a record that he was part of…
Binghamton is perfect for him, a kid who fits this thread. He’s working hard, doing well and enjoying it immensely. It was a reach for him but he seems to have blossomed in college.There is a sizable Jewish population, mostly from NYC, Long Island, Westchester and North Jersey but a good number from Philadelphia. Even as OOS, the costs are comparable to our flagship in-state ¶ and it’s actually closer and easier to get to than Penn State ( 180 miles vs 225)…and it has a great reputation.</p>
<p>Jandj – as a NY taxpayer, I am furious that OOS tuition is so low. My statement to my local elected representatives is there is no need to give any funding to SUNYs if they want to give away below market tuitition to OOS. Time will tell what happnens.</p>
<p>IMO, OOS tuition is not ridiculously low at SUNY Binghamton:</p>
<p>Annual budget (2012-2013)*</p>
<p>NYS Resident Out-of State Resident
Tuition $5,570 $14,718
Fees $2,043 $2,043
Room & Board $12,336** $12,336**
Cost of Attendance $19,949 $29,097</p>
<p>Sorry that did not line up well when I pasted, but OOS is roughly $30,000 for tuition, room and board. We looked at James Madison and Virginia Tech, where son would have been OOS at both, and the total price tag was also about $30,000. Just saying it is not priced unusually low.</p>
<p>It’s just that Penn State is the most expensive public school for in state residents wth total costs for tuition, room and board plus approaching the $30K mark…
[10</a> Most Expensive Public Colleges for In-State Students - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2011/06/14/10-most-expensive-public-colleges-for-in-state-students]10”>http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2011/06/14/10-most-expensive-public-colleges-for-in-state-students)</p>
<p>The SUNY schools are still a great deal for OOS. I just paid $20k for spring semester at Delaware. Tuition plus room and board. (Yay for apt living next year!)</p>
<p>And DS just got admitted to UMass for his first choice major (engineering) plus admittance to Commonwealth Honors College. Have to wait for mail for any scholarship offers. Another safety that is a good option for him. </p>
<p>College.</p>
<p>Congrats LINY!!! Lots of kids very happy there.</p>
<p>2 more acceptances under “our” belt…yay!</p>
<p>Congratulations on the recent acceptances! We really have seen great results.</p>
<p>Happy New Year everyone! Best wishes for a happy, healthy 2013 for you, your families and your college students.</p>
<p>Happy New Year to all.
I have a slightly off topic question and this seems the most appropriate place to ask it. Does anyone know someone who instead of going to college, made Aliyah, moved to Israel to join the IDF (Israeli Defense Force) and went to college over there after their three year military tour of duty? There is a program called Garin Tzabar for people who want to do it and we’re trying to gauge others’ experience with the program. Our ds who is a senior (with college apps all submitted and a few acceptances already received) has ruled out a gap year and hit us this idea…Oy…</p>
<p>Happy New Year, everyone! This is a special day in our household as it is DS and DD’s 18th birthday! Wishing everyone good news (lots of acceptances and $) and happy kids!</p>
<p>congrats on birthdays!</p>
<p>congrats on acceptances.!</p>
<p>to jandjdad…OY! But i am interested in learning about this program also.</p>
<p>Moving on to other phases of real life here…it suddenly struck me that I will have three children (yes, three----S2 finishing his MMP, S3 graduating from college, and DIL finishing her MBA) looking for real, post-grad, career jobs this spring,</p>
<p>Yay! Congratulations to all! :-)</p>
<p>Jandjdad - I don’t know anything about the program, but would like to add my “OY.” I’d try to convince him to try a one year program first.</p>
<p>Congrats on the latest acceptances and Happy New Year to all!</p>
<p>Here’s a link to the program…
[About</a> Tzofim Garin Tzabar](<a href=“http://www.israelscouts.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48&Itemid=146]About”>http://www.israelscouts.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48&Itemid=146)</p>
<p>It sounds great. I’d just rather that he finish college here first. With his AP credits, he could graduate in three years and if he took his junior year abroad over there, he would really only have two years here but since everyone goes into the military at 18 over there, that’s what he wants to do. About 400 others have done it in US/Canada each year.</p>