Which Miami
The one in ohio or the other
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CWRU is a great school with great outcomes.
Lol. I stated the one on Ohio. This is a gem school that gets overlooked but students love this school and it has great outcomes, gives great merit and is local to you. Get on their Facebook account and talk to students. Miami University is just another reach school that is also expensive.
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Typically students make outcomes.
I just had lunch with a friend. His nice, for who he’s guardian, got an offer from a major software firm in Nashville that blew me away. The signing bonus alone was five times most.
The salary etc high.
College UTC - Tennessee at Chattanooga - like a Bowling Green or Toledo.
She found on LinkedIn.
Have confidence in yourself, not the school. The student makes it happen - as dud my son from a lesser school with 5 job offers by xmas.
The key IMHO - not the school name but getting internships.
And yea Miami Ohio
You mentioned you are paying out of state costs for your current college which is tOSU. If you have now lived in Ohio long enough to qualify for instate status, see if you can get your status changed to instate…which will save you a ton of money.
@abasket do you happen to know the guidelines for getting instate residency in Ohio if the student matriculated as an out of state but family now resides in Ohio?
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You mention that CWRU is close to your home…which likely means that Cleveland State is also close enough to your home. And it sounds affordable.
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Were you enrolled at the CC as a dual enrolled student? Are you now at the university you’re at as a freshman or a sophomore ?
Is Cleveland State affordable? For smaller classes could you get into the Honors college (sounds like you’d qualify imho).
No I was enrolled as a freshman spend two semesters there and then transfer to osu in currently in my first semester
I don’t know if that’s matter but I’m still 18
Ok, so you attended a CC near home, then were admitted to tOSU but it’s too expensive - hopefully you can get excellent grades, take a semester off (if your visa allows it) and re apply to CWRU in the Spring? If not you could defer attending Cleveland State and if CWRU fails to admit you for Fall 2025, just attend Cleveland State/Honors.
(Some universities don’t accept anyone who applies in the Fall).
I think the OP said she holds a U.S. Passport…I think
@SarahWli are you a U.S. citizen? Please clarify.
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Unfortunately I believe the problem you are running into is that Case Western Reserve, while they meet need, they are need aware. So you might need to find a school that meets need and is need blind in admissions.
I apologize, I thought OP was the child of an H1B or H3 visa holder. 
So OP is an American citizen who used to live abroad / whose parents are abroad and thus doesn’t have instate status for public universities in OH but would likely get enough or excellent financial aid at a private meet need university since they wouldn’t have to deal with instate v. oos yet would be eligible for financial aid.
@SarahWii :
Do you qualify for Pell Grants?
You could apply to Kenyon or Denison. They’re highly selective residential colleges that “meet need” and want to diversify their class.
Alas, Denison’s Spring transfer deadline has passed but they do accept applications for Fall 2025.
Kenyon admits Spring transfers and the deadline is…Nov22
! If your app is ready it should be doable if rushed and stressful.
https://www.kenyon.edu/admissions-aid/apply-to-kenyon/transfer-applicants/
Run the NPC but since you said CWRU would be more affordable than tOSU I’m guessing you would qualify for significant FA.
https://npc.collegeboard.org/app/kenyon
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Thank you for your response.
My parents live in the United States, but one parent lives in the state I am currently in, while the other lives in another state.
I’m not dependent upon the parent that I live with bc of reasons
Yes, I receive financial aid (the full amount), but as an out-of-state student, it’s still hard to cover the remaining costs.
Please run the NPC for Kenyon now and if affordable send the transfer application today, including your college grades. Being instate or out of state does not matter to them because they’re private, and they meet full need (unlike tOSU) with generous grants.
The parent who provides the higher %age of your support is your custodial parent for tuition purposes. Who completed your FAFSA?
The parent you LIVE with is the parent for determining instate tuition purposes. Because…that is your state of residence IF you meet the state residency requirements. This means you and the parent needed to reside in the state for a certain period of time.
If you and a parent both live in Ohio (which you say above is near some of the colleges in Ohio that you applied to), then that parent would determine your residency…unless parental rights have been terminated with that parent. If parental rights were terminated before age 18 for both parents, you might be independent for financial aid purposes. @kelsmom…probably can explain this better.
@kelsmom @Mwfan1921 am I missing anything.
But back to a transfer option for you…CWRU didn’t work out. I would clarify what tOSU wants from you to prove your instate residency. And as suggested…get a couple of applications in to colleges that meet full need for transfer students.
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If OP lives with a parent, there would be no basis for being considered independent.
The parent for FAFSA is the one who contributes the most to the student’s support. That is often the parent that the student lives with, but sometimes the other parent is actually providing more support (and is therefore the FAFSA parent).
There are so many good public schools in Ohio. Check with each school regarding you residency status before applying.
P.S. Lots of qualified students get rejected. There simply aren’t enough spots for everyone who applied & is qualified.
Beside Kenyon (the most generous with regard to FA without regards for residency, though highly selective, deadline TODAY), here are other colleges still accepting transfer applications:
https://www.owu.edu/admission/transfer-students/
AFAIK all Ohio public universities are bound by a statute whereby residency depends on the parent providing the most financial support, like for FAFSA. Your best bet is thus likely to be either a commutable public with scholarships (perhaps Cleveland State?? Or is that tOSU?) or a private university interested in your profile.
Has OP said the parents are not married? I know they said they don’t live together, but plenty of married couples don’t live together for any number of reasons. My point is if parents are married, then the financial info of both goes on FAFSA.
ETA: When OP ran the CWRU they should have put in financial info for both parents (whether together or not) because that is a CSS Profile school which requires non-custodial parent financial info. Not sure if OP has any other CSS schools on their list.
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I think OP said CWRU would have been more affordable than tOSU, which would imply they did fill out the CSS.
@SarahWli : did you fill out the CSS? (Did you get a css fee waiver?) Do you know if you qualify for Pell grants? Pell is a specific federal grant program for middle and lower income families and as an incentive for them colleges report the % of students who qualify, so it would matter to a college whether you do or not qualify.)
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