Honors Colleges

ucbalumnus
Fri, 22 Nov 2013 11:44:15 +0000

EarthyEngineer:

So if we could please keep money out of this thread, and focus on CU-Boulder and UVM’s Honors Colleges and Residential Academic Programs, I’d really appreciate it.



Money cannot be kept out of it since you are nowhere close to being able to afford either CU Boulder or UVM with only $12,500 from your parents (if you can come up with $10,000 in direct loans and work earnings, that puts the outer limit at $22,500).

CU Boulder’s COA is $48,929 (engineering). The biggest non-resident scholarship is $15,000 frosh/soph and $12,500 junior/senior, bringing the cost down to $33,929 or $36,429.

[Nonresident Estimated Costs/Tuition | Undergraduate Admissions | CU-Boulder](http://www.colorado.edu/admissions/undergraduate/finances/tuition/nonresidentexpenses)
[Scholarships and Funding | Undergraduate Admissions | CU-Boulder](http://www.colorado.edu/admissions/undergraduate/finances/scholarships)

UVM’s COA is $50,244. The biggest non-resident scholarship (other than ROTC) is $18,000, bringing the cost down to $32,244.

[Tuition and Fees : Student Financial Services : University of Vermont](http://www.uvm.edu/~stdfinsv/?Page=tuition-fees.html&SM=tuitionsubmenu.html)
[Student Financial Services : University of Vermont](http://www.uvm.edu/~stdfinsv/?Page=prospect_ug_schols_outofstate.html)

Some of the automatic scholarship deadlines at full tuition or full ride schools are coming up soon (December 1). Unless you have decided to go to community college as your safety, you are setting yourself up for a big let-down in April when you find that you cannot afford any of the schools you get into.