Cost of Attendance.

pilot2012
Sun, 09 Nov 2014 20:47:11 +0000

@LTL:


Just as you rightly question the accuracy of “anonymous posters” on this forum, with all due respect, it is certainly befitting to question your analysis and intent. In fact, if your sole intent is save the “naive”, why would you misinform with statements such as “you will be charged $46,000” on this post and “but it costs $46,000 a year to attend PSU as an out-of-state student” on another. If you are so concerned with saving everyone from their own ignorance, why would you assume that everyone knows your numbers are ‘FOR ESTIMATING PURPOSES ONLY? Those are just two instances which you mislead.
I guess I misinterpreted your post when you stated “Good strategy, I think *** ! My son had no desire to go so far away to school either, but in the end, he had to do it to get what he wanted at a price we could afford.” Whatever.
On an additional note, I read on the Proposed Tuition Increase … (Parents Forum) one parent state “Soon the UC’s will be comprised of only the very wealthy and the very poor. Our D was able to go to Penn State from California at a fraction of the cost we would have paid for a UC. Very sad.” The outright initial skepticism ("how could that be???, blah, blah, blah) was frankly amusing. Turns out, she got some tremendous scholarships.


I sincerely hope your son continues to excel at his school.

@1moremom – Even though my son went with a priority list and game plan to the career fair, he had a difficult time fitting in all his targeted employers – it was huge.

@NASA2014 – I don’t know a darned thing about the meteorology program, but I enjoy your enthusiasm. I hope there are some others who can provide some additional information for you!