Financial Aid Info?

jhardisk
Tue, 31 Mar 2015 11:50:32 +0000

I’ve been watching this forum with great interest, and really appreciate all the knowledge we’ve gained!

I’m a bit surprised/miffed about our fun aid offer. My wife applied as a freshman applicant, unfortunately not EA. She just moved here from Scotland in November on a fiancée visa, and as you can imagine, the immigration path hasn’t been easy. Long story short, she was accepted at Oxford to study medicine (they don’t do undergrad-med school), but turned it down to move to the U.S.

We are in process of getting her green card. It’s a 6-8 month process. OSU made her apply as an international applicant, even though she resides in the U.S. (Ohio). Because of her delayed visa to move here, she could not get her application submitted by the priority deadline, and because of lack of green card, cannot submit a fafsa yet.

To quantify her credentials, I’d mentioned she had already been accepted to Oxford (top 5 med school in the world), has a 2300 SAT and 800 SAT biology, 780 SAT Chemistry. Scottish schools grade differently than US schools, but she has roughly a 3.9gpa. All A’s through 4 years, with one B. She’s an Ivy League candidate by most measures. But, I am stationed in Ohio, so she chose the best school here to attend. She has been accepted into the honors program at OSU.

If expected at least some financial contribution from osu, considering their international fees are quite high. She got nothing. No merit, and no need based (obviously, because she can’t file a fafsa).

On the bright side, she will have her green card in a few months, and will be considered a domestic student, which should allow for student loans after the fafsa is completed. But, it’s more than surprising that OSU didn’t offer a dime for her to attend.

We are hoping we can appeal to admissions there to reevaluate due to the circumstances. Anyone have success with calling admissions/fin aid?