Colorado State is turning into one of Daughter’s favorites- they gave her lots of attention when she went there in February (one on one from a recruiter). It’s not as glamorous as UC Boulder (and a shade less visually stunning, mountainwise) but it’s a almost $20k a year cheaper for us w/scholarship.
She’s not interested in agriculture though! Wants to be a lawyer, interested in criminal justice reform (for now!), and art.
I wonder if there would be a place for those interests there? Btw we loved Fort Collins - very cute and funky.
Well, frankly, I think it has a lot to do with Colorado & Boulder generally. Our family loves hiking, camping, the mountains and she is drawn to that (we are from the east coast so the mountains are more dramatic out west). She also liked the cute boutiques and vibe of downtown Boulder and the campus itself is visually lovely with the flatirons in the distance and the architecture.
She wants a big school with lots of school spirit and activities and CU has that certainly. She likes art and we loved the art museum on campus when we visited.
Was about to post similar question to OP, so I’m glad I found this thread instead. CU online cost estimator spit out nothing but $5,500 in loans toward the $59,420 OOS bill. Even if DD was to get their Presidential Scholarship that’s over $44,000 per year. Based on calculators we’d done at other schools I’d expected around $30,000 COA before any merit scholarships. I guess CU just isn’t needing to recruit OOS kids?
With over 40% OOS students at Boulder, it doesn’t seem like they are having a difficult time attracting OOS students, who are often full pay. Many public colleges don’t give significant aid to OOS students, who have not been paying taxes in their state.
This thread is very helpful! We are Texans but my husband might be changing jobs in January and moving to Denver area. My high school senior has only applied to Texas colleges but he is a homebody so I’m also exploring Colorado colleges now. How long does it take to establish Colorado residency for college purposes? Like, if my husband moves this January 2021(and me/son stay till he finishes high school in May), could my son qualify for instate tuition in January 2022? So IF he should go to a Colorado school for college, he would only have one semester of out of state tuition (Fall 2021)? OR if things are still online due to Covid, how hard is it to transfer into these Colorado schools after a semester or two (if he begins with online Texas college while living in Colorado)?
(He is interested in Electrical Engineering/1430 SAT/4.0 unweighted/4.75 weighted GPA/Homeschooled via community college dual credit classes)
It should be very easy to get instate tuition if your husband becomes a Colorado resident. Colorado gives residency even if only one parent is a resident and even if the child is not a tax dependent. My brother’s son was deemed a resident for tuition and my brother had never claimed him on his taxes (nephew graduated from a Florida high school).
Your son might not get instate tuition until the next year (rather than the next semester). Not sure how that works.