Full Ride to Wayne State?

Kdog044
Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:10:17 +0000

cptofthehouse:

I agree that when one is looking at what colleges cost, the numbers should be set out with no loans or work study offsetting the amounts. That way you can see exactly what you are expected to pay minus the grants given by each school.

We obviously learned the second time around. I like to use percentage of COA covered by grants/scholarships as that gives a true picture of how generous the school is. Schools that have tuition that is double as others should give more aid. For my son, U-M was the least generous of his top 3 (the others were privates) based on that percentage. Of course that doesn’t mean the school won’t still cost more but you can decide if the school is worth the added expense or not.