@hopefully16 Yep! If you come in with AP credit, some can even make it with 7 or 7.5 academic semesters - it depends. If you do summer courses and two co-ops, you can graduate a semester early, or do three. Lots of options, but you will pay for 8 academic semesters unless you choose to do less / more - the rest is independent of cost more or less. You’ll get the scholarship for your first 6 after your first year I believe - check the wording of the award to be sure.
At this point, if you make $17 an hour or more on co-op you will at least break even on R&B (even when considering taxes etc) while in Boston. There’s many ways to lower that as well but use the higher to be safe. CS / Engineering / Business average in the mid $20’s, so those majors will actually be able to ideally pocket about 5k+ per co-op. Other majors make closer to an average of $15 an hour but can vary up or down. Overall, the wash of co-op and room / board is pretty accurate - I would consider anything more extra and not in your financial planning.
For the total cost, it’ll be the number I had in my last post spread over 5 years, more front heavy. If she does three co-op’sand is on a spring cycle, this is what it would look like:
Year 1: 60K
Fall Year 2: 25K
Spring Year 2: Co-op
Fall Year 3: 25K
Spring Year 3: Co-op
Fall Year 3: 25K
Spring Year 4: Co-op
Fall Year 4: 25K
Year 5: 50K