Need some parental advice!

AvonHSDad
Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:07:43 +0000

As a former Mizzou student (many years ago) and a current Ohio and former Michigan resident, I will throw my two cents into this discussion

You definately need to determine why your mother is set against UM (Michigan). Talk to your dad.

Have you checked to see if UM will grant you in state tuition? Many states (not all) waive the OOS tuition supplement if they award you merit assistance. I don’t know about Michigan but it could be worth a fair amount of savings to find out.

UM and UNC are two of the hardest state flagships to get into for OOS students. I don’t believe that Mizzou’s selectivity is quite as high, except for the J school, plus you are in state.

Duke is a non-ivy ivy-like school located in the south. Their need blind admissions and non-loan FA is in the top tier of private schools - much greater than the state flagships. Even if your family income is up there (6 figure level), many of the highly selective schools are still offering partial FA to students whereas the state schools are not.

I echo another poster who summed it up by stating that you should wait until the acceptance announcements are out at the end of March and then weigh all of your options for each of the schools where you are accepted. Good luck. You will get a great education at any of the schools discussed here.