College Tuition

[Wenchy]

ESU? I heard someone else talking about it. They have all the details posted ont the website. It mentions transfer students and new students. I would try to do something about it.

No. She attends IUP, but the link you provided is exactly what she was telling me about. Thanks!

 

[twobit]

She's an adult, let her and the other adults on campus figure a solution, do the #####ing, and see if they can resolve it. Lets see if she can "stand up to the man" and bring about change. It's one hell of a life lesson for them whether they succeed or not, and what they learn from this little exercise will probably be more valuable than anything they will learn in the classroom the next 4 years.

Or do the helicopter parent thing, and they learn nothing, other than when life's not fair come running home to mommy and/or daddy.

Stay out of it..

Who is paying the tuition - Wenchy or her daughter? If it were my kid and I was paying for it, I'd be in the dean's face demanding to know why I'm paying more than the incoming out-of-state freshman have to pay.

 

[Kain99]

I got a phone call from my college sophomore today asking me to be a "helicopter parent".

It seems (and I say "seems" because I haven't seen proof yet) that her university is offering incoming out-of-state freshmen a tuition of only 150% of in-state if they have a GPA of 3.0 or above. She is currently paying 250%.

She entered the university with a 4.0 GPA and maintained that 4.0 her first year there.

Scholarships are great, and she is an RA this year, but it's still a few thousand here and there. Not to b!tch, but if they are going to offer that rate to incoming freshmen it does tick me off.

Once I have the written matter in front of me and it confirms that new students from out of state will pay much less (no concession for those already attending) what should I do? How would you handle it in the same situation?

I understand but.... Are you equally ticked when you miss a sale at macy's? A sale is a sale. It does suck to be on the losing end though.

 

[Wenchy]

I understand but.... Are you equally ticked when you miss a sale at macy's? A sale is a sale. It does suck to be on the losing end though.

I don't shop at Macy's or pretty much anywhere else. When Levi's go on sale at Penney's I stock up.

We all expect college tuition to go up and not go on "sale". I see this as a slap in her and other student's faces who maintain the average and make the school look good. "Sorry! You bought full price and will continue to pay while the new students will pay much less."

A sale is a sale (clothes) When you are talking thousands of dollars for an education it takes it to a different level.

Even in retail we offered a "benefit of sale". If the item was still in stock we would refund the difference. It was a PITA, but it's customer service. I'm talking about 20 or 30 bucks with the benefit of sale. I'm looking at over 10K, and it pisses me off.

 

[Vince]

Glad my tuition days are behind me. Now if the daughter will just get a job, I won't have to support her at all.