Tuition Exchange - where to apply?

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Most would see it as potato potato.

But and you’d have to check, the concentrations may not be as deep as the major - for example, I see an accounting and finance major…not seperate majors.

Also, note, in addition to not being an easy admit academically, Brandeis is a need aware school. So all these colleges that say, if you’re income is less than this, you get that - is not assured.

Like many schools, Brandeis is having financial challenges. So they are cutting back or maybe not - they have to figure a way to get more kids in (maybe by buying them).

And less than half their students receive need aid. If it was that easy, ever need person in the world would be applying to these schools. But these schools are need aware - meaning, they can turn you down based on your finances.

So they’re great to apply to - but you need the assured and affordable admit - which is what I was showing in previous posts.

Those are your back stops - you don’t have to worry about affordability.

Then you can hope your Babson or Brandeis comes through admission wise and affordability wise.

But your most important ones are the schools with zero doubt toward affordability/attendance - some listed above.

Here’s an article - a bit dated - that might give you an idea how your finances might be looked at in a need aware situation. In the end, don’t forget, colleges are businesses - too many see them as charities.

How Family Finances Sway Admissions Decisions

Amid declining enrollment, Brandeis is in an intensifying budget crunch

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Thanks. I dont think UAH will be in the running. I honestly would have a hard time supporting a deep south school like that.

I’m not sure he wants to go that far away either. I was thinking someplace with a direct flight to BTV or at least a 4-5 hour car ride away. Or if he can take a bus.

I have run Net Price Calculators and I am always blown away at what they expect me to pay - usually around $45k/year. Fordham has me at $60k a year out of pocket. Yikes!

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Yep, I realize you want to be close - was just an example to show how your costs can be met. There’s definitely some close to home - I showed two - Maine Farmington and Mass College of Liberal Arts (they have more than liberal arts majors) - and I’m sure there’s more.

Just want to give you comfort.

The UVM thing sounds great if you can access.

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The Ivy Leagues do not have undergraduate business schools. They see that kind of specialization as something to be reserved for graduate study. For the most part, the Little Ivies are straightforward liberal arts colleges as well. No business schools. Yet, graduates of both the Ivies and Little Ivies pursue business careers and are recruited by prestigious firms.

Brandeis is in that same Ivy League tradition, with a 78 year history, Brandeis only established a business major within the past 15 years and even then as a partnership between its graduate Business School and its undergraduate College if Arts & Sciences. We’ve seen the same thing at Rice, which has long followed an Ivy League model and only began to offer an undergraduate business major 4 years ago. In their case, it was also an extension of their long established graduate business school down into the undergraduate college.

Most undergrad business schools offer a BBA in Business. The BS is less common but it has been the degree of choice which Rice confers on its business majors - a BS in Business. Brandeis, on the other hand, has opted for the BA. REALLY IT’s just institutional preference.

The demand for Ivy League and Little Ivy graduates even though they don’t have formal business training emanates from the respect which these institutions and their graduates command. I see Brandeis and Rice as being similarly highly respected institutions. I believe that it is the institutional reputation which confers value on these degrees rather than whether they are called BA, BS, or BBA.

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You already have compiled a great list of schools.

FWIW I thank God every day that I had the opportunity to attend school in The South. Ask your son if he wants to expend his horizons. Regardless, your current list is fine. Babson is an excellent school for business.

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Why do you value your southern education so much? I’m curious.

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Great question. Thank you for asking.The people & the weather & the culture & the natural beauty. Spectacular beaches, gorgeous mountains, and sweet people.

I was among highly intelligent, hard-working individuals who displayed humility & drive.

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I’ll admit that warm weather and beaches are appealing to me too. Just not sure I could put up with the lack of womens rights when it comes to healthcare and how religious the south is.

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Agree that is probably not the best approach. If your child thinks the same, then maybe the South is not the best match.

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Any chance you can guide me on how to ask for “professional judgement” on what is considered normal assets? My son has been accepted to Fordham, Providence and UVM but UVM only gave him $5000/year scholarship. They completely went over the <$100k/year UVM Promise thing and now I want to go back and ask about that since I make well under $100k year. and I’m widowed.

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I just posted on your other thread…

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I hope that the financial review by UVM will end up with them reconsidering your family’s situation.

In the event that they do not, are there any options that are coming back as financially affordable? If not, would you like more assistance in developing a list? (Post #17, for instance, has some suggestions, and there are others’ posts in this thread as well).

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