Financial Aid at USC

mdcissp
Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:23:36 +0000

First, congratulations for your acceptance to U. of Michigan which is a great school. I thought about your situation some more. You are young, but I suggest that you give a lot of thought to two things: First, which school (Michigan vs. USC) has the better program for what you want to study (and is the potential extra money worth it to you), and second, do you have strong feelings one way or the other concerning wanting to live closer to your mom or closer to your dad in California? It is not necessary to discuss private details of your family situation, but sometimes the child feels more support from
one parent or the other which may or may not make a difference to you. Finally, check into your savings with the Michigan college savings plan and see if you can use the money in California for education. Our state college savings plan can be used anywhere and is not limited to our state. Also, did your mother take out a state of Michigan college savings plan which fixed the tuition at a much lower price way back than today’s higher tuition price?