CU Boulder vs. UMass Amherst

eh1234
Sat, 30 Jan 2016 18:17:22 +0000

We definitely had sticker shock when they flashed up the OOS cost of attendance during the information session at CU (especially after visiting CSU a few days previously). My D ended up not even wanting to apply to CU - I was surprised since she loves Boulder (we visit from VA every couple of years), but she really fell in love with the Ft. Collins campus. I don’t know much about UMass, but I think the $16K price difference would be hard to swallow unless she just can’t see herself at Amherst after visitng. However, if CU really felt like “the one,” it might be hard for her to look at UMass objectively. I

Is there a part of her that might only want to go halfway across the country instead of to the opposite coast? At one point, my D was gung ho on applying to several schools in the Pacific Northwest, but that ended up not happening (although she didn’t apply to any schools that are near us)

My D is also choosing between OOS publics (Colorado State, Indiana and UofMinn along with some Cal State schools). Indiana, like CU, is so expensive that I don’t see it happening (we can afford a max of $45K). My D has never set foot in Indiana or Minnesota and we can’t visit both most likely, so I think a trip to the Twin Cities is in order.