Families in Florida?

StantonMom
Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:23:22 +0000

My 2 cents: we are also Florida residents with prepaid and highest BF. my son is currently at FSU after being accepted to their film school so there was no other choice for him. With that being said, if you only have prepaid for tuition and not housing, don’t forget to add in at least 6 thousand dollars for one year(2 semesters) for the dorm and another 3 tom4 thousand for food. Also, if you don’t have a local fee plan as part of your prepaid, you still pay over 100 dollars per credit hour in fees. If you bought tuition plan prior to 2007, you are exempt from most of that but still pay about 50 dollars per credit hour in fees, so it’s not completely at no cost, but room and board are the biggest expenses. Dorms and rent continue to increase each year as do the tuition fees and BF continues to decline each year. All things to keep in mind. Fsu’s top freshman scholarship is 2400 per year which we also got. UCF actually offered more(6,000 per year) which we turned down, and they give full ride(tuition and room) for NMF’s. at least they do right now. Did he take the PSAT this past October? Do you think his score is high enough to qualify for semi finalist status? Last year cutoff for Florida was 210 I believe and 214 the year before. Anyway, that makes a big difference as you can really have no costs at UCF if you are national merit finalist.