Michigan Frustration

markpeter
Sun, 30 Apr 2006 12:17:11 +0000

I don’t know if i should turn down U of M because of Residency Classification that twice I got denied because of my visa status as hum. refugee even though I recieved bit of financial aid and little Michigan Grant of $3000 a year out of $32000 academic year skyrocketing tuition for “out-of-state resident”. U of M didn’t even acknowledge my full time employment in michigan for the past 6 years despite paying taxes to michigan state and some of that money get sent to public school like U of M. I loved U of M and yea I still Love U of M pretty much and very hard to me to turn down U of M this fall to continue my last 2 years in engineering school. I am tranferring from OCC with 3.96GPA consistent throughtout my eductaion there. U of M didn’t even offer any scholarship or maybe I wasn’t selected for any type for whatsoever reason. Guys, should I be seriously looking for other school like Standford, UIUC, Caltech since tuition is head to-head rising like michigan out-of-state tuition. Totallly desperate now. I don’t know If i really wanna sink in the pool of eductaion debt around $70k where I can get the same with more restigous school than UM, i.e caltech or Stanford. Any feedback is appreciated and I may say it for the last time Go Bluee… :(