In-state. Budget buster. Big time football. Look at you.
The new favorite ?
Congrats.
Congratulations 
Can you go post stats&results (major, UP, Fall or Summer) here:
Do you have favorites so far among these different admissions?
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That looks like a cool and very flexible major! It doesnât have heavy technical requirements but you can make it as technical as you want it to be, and choose your own area(s) of focus or even design your own custom focus area.
At in-state rates, this is going to be a hard offer to beat. Would you pay more for Purdue?
I know you donât necessarily need specific supports related to autism, but if youâd like to gather information about the experiences of other neurodivergent students on campus, thereâs a Neurodiverse PSU Discord group that you could check out.
Congrats on a great acceptance!
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My dad did a netprice calc and it said 42k for penn state. Do you think it will be lower than that?
The PSU website shows $20,644 tuition & fees, plus $14,474 food & housing, for a total of $35,118 before additional expenses like travel, books, etc. But 7K in additional expenses seems awfully high. (Those are 2024-2025 numbers, so itâs probably gone up a little, but $42 still sounds high for in-state.)
I see your point, though - it looks like Purdue Polytech is actually less expensive OOS than PSU in-state. Pennsylvania is definitely not a state that makes higher ed affordable for its residents! Great school and program, though, if you can swing it.
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Not sure I understand. Polytechnic is $43,086 for direct costs:
$18802 tuition
$9718 Gen Expense
$234 fitness
$40 activity fee
$572 Diffferential
$13,720 Housing
Penn State = $35118 direct costs.
I donât see that Purdueâs almost-10K line item for âGen Expenseâ has a counterpart thatâs included in the $35,118 Penn State number. The PSU number is tution+fees+room&board - thereâs no general expenses number in there.
Itâs direct billed. Not indirect.
The lower cost for Polytechnic people see appears to be non W Lafayette -at least as I see it.
It wouldnât be logical for Polytechnic at W Lafayette to cost less than other on campus programs.
I have a slight problem and I am very worried. I accidentally reported my latin 2 honors class twice in one year. Should I be worried or am I overreacting?
I wouldnât worry - but you can inform admission officers if you are concerned.
As long as you listed all the classes you are taking, itâs not going to impact your decisions.
Iâm sure they already know that you couldnât have taken the same class twice in one year. It isnât as if you reported something plausible that you actually didnât do. I wouldnât worry, but as tsbna said, touch base with your AO if youâre concerned about it.
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