Quoting Post Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic Applications and such... Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] Quote: from [m]Neodymie[/m] at 12:38 am on Dec. 4, 2008[quote]Quote: from [m]Majo[/m] at 12:15 am on Dec. 4, 2008[quote]Quote: from [m]neodymie[/m] at 3:09 am on Dec. 4, 2008[quote]Tack on about 15-20 grand a year usually. [/quote] [font=century gothic]Where did you get that figure?[/font][/quote] Most universities have out of stat fees they add on before tuition is even considered.[/quote] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post Anonymous Posted at 12:03 am on Dec. 4, 2008 Let's say I live on the east coast, but I wish to attend a university on the west coast. How much harder, if at all, would it be to get accepted there, than an in-state school? What are the pros of doing something like this? The drawbacks? Thank you.

Replies Majo Posted at 3:26 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 Quote: from neodymie at 3:19 am on Dec. 5, 2008 http://www.suny.edu/student/paying_tuition.cfm Look at the difference.   Local: http://www.ss.unr.edu/admissions/apply/costestimator.asp?section=result OOS: http://www.ss.unr.edu/admissions/apply/costestimator.asp?section=result See the difference?   http://cms.bsu.edu/AdmissionsLanding/UndergraduateAdmissions/TuitionandFees.aspx See it now?   Local: http://students.asu.edu/cost-attendance OOS: http://students.asu.edu/cost-attendance one more just in case.     Uh oh, I see a SUNY. You don't have to link me, I know all about them. I went to one. You can't use a school like that to make your point IMO and here's why: SUNY stands for the State University of New York. It's cheap for NY residents because NY funds it. Why would they take people from New Mexico and Maine and Florida and North Dakota and Finland and what have you and charge them $6,000 a year knowing their own residents paid for it? It's for their own kids, not everyone else's. Just like CUNY is the City University of New York and is funded by not just the state but also by the city of New York. I could give you plenty of examples of schools that cost the same for everyone regardless of where they're from. Yes, they're private, but as a result, they can do whatever they want with their money. I don't believe the OP stated whether he or she planned on attending a public or private school but the first one I attended was public and was about $15,000 a year. I got a lot of aid, though, because it had the ability to just hand it out to whoever. The second was the SUNY school and it cost maybe about $1,000 more and I didn't get any aid at all. Now I'm back in a private school, in NY, that is $35,000 a year but I got a pretty fair amount of aid. Back home, there's a school that costs about $40,000 a year for everyone and another close by that is around $20,000 and none of them cut any PA state residents a break. If the OP is thinking of enrolling in a public school, out of state, yeah, that's probably going to tack on a nice chunk of change. But if it's a private school, there are loads of ways to get money. Just keep your GPA up above, at least, a 3.0 and you should get something. fleur woman Posted at 12:32 am on Dec. 5, 2008 way harder it's not worth it IMHO Neodymie Posted at 12:19 am on Dec. 5, 2008 http://www.suny.edu/student/paying_tuition.cfm Look at the difference. Local: http://www.ss.unr.edu/admissions/apply/costestimator.asp?section=result OOS: http://www.ss.unr.edu/admissions/apply/costestimator.asp?section=result See the difference? http://cms.bsu.edu/AdmissionsLanding/UndergraduateAdmissions/TuitionandFees.aspx See it now? Local: http://students.asu.edu/cost-attendance OOS: http://students.asu.edu/cost-attendance one more just in case. Helios Posted at 11:53 pm on Dec. 4, 2008 It is not really harder to get into an out of state school than an in state school. The biggest drawback is that if it is a public school you will have to pay out of state tuition. At our school a semester of tuition (not including room and board is $1800, whereas out of state (without room/board) is around $10,650. Majo Posted at 11:22 pm on Dec. 4, 2008 Quote: from neodymie at 3:38 am on Dec. 4, 2008 Quote: from Majo at 12:15 am on Dec. 4, 2008 Quote: from neodymie at 3:09 am on Dec. 4, 2008 Tack on about 15-20 grand a year usually.    Where did you get that figure? Most universities have out of stat fees they add on before tuition is even considered. I've been to two. Neither tacked on an extra 15-20 grand a year. Unless you're referring to it costing more for me to go than it did NY state residents but that's understandable. The university that charged more was funded by the state, why would they charge a PA resident only $6,000 a year when that whole system was set up to help NY state residents? This one, though, is about $35,000 a year for everyone. Neodymie Posted at 12:38 am on Dec. 4, 2008 Quote: from Majo at 12:15 am on Dec. 4, 2008 Quote: from neodymie at 3:09 am on Dec. 4, 2008 Tack on about 15-20 grand a year usually. Where did you get that figure? Most universities have out of stat fees they add on before tuition is even considered. Majo Posted at 12:15 am on Dec. 4, 2008 Quote: from neodymie at 3:09 am on Dec. 4, 2008 Tack on about 15-20 grand a year usually. Where did you get that figure? Neodymie Posted at 12:09 am on Dec. 4, 2008 Tack on about 15-20 grand a year usually. dreamweaver Posted at 12:05 am on Dec. 4, 2008 Drawbacks would definitely be long car rides/plane trips, which also means more money spent. Pros? Depends on the school and what you're looking for really. Majo Posted at 12:05 am on Dec. 4, 2008 What sort of school is it? Does it have a high number of out of state students or no? My boyfriend and his sister came here (NY) for school and are both from the west coast. And other kids have come from Japan, China, Russia, Austria, England, etc. But I also went to another school here in NY (I'm from PA) that had very few out of state students. I didn't get much aid there because it was a public institution but I got in fairly easily. EDIT: Oh, and as far as drawbacks go...aid. A lot of what transfer students were eligible for, I couldn't get because once I read into it, I found that it was stuff like, "For transfers from [...] NY..." and stuff like that. I could only apply for two or three. Got none. Now, if it's a private school, it'll most likely cost more but they can pretty much do whatever they want with their money. All 10 previous replies displayed.