UM cost of attendance...

[Brains]

FL public universities are inexpensive by comparison to others. I know UGA and UTK are $300-$500 per credit.

It's sickening to think that my money is forcibly taken from me to pay for UF and FSU.

 

[The canesman]

When i went to the U it was $60 a credit. My mother sent me $50 a month. I made extra money refereeing intramurals.. and the best weed in the world was $30 an ounce. Ah college days.

 

[Cane4life18]

After one at NYU and Notre Dame, my 3rd goes to UM I will be happy but broke.

The fact you have 3 kids attending 3 prestigious universities is amazing. Props to you

 

[JD08]

It's sickening to think that my money is forcibly taken from me to pay for UF and FSU.

At least the lottery pays for Bright Futures.

 

[Hold My Beer]

if we were an ivy or Stanford duke nw Chicago then sure

As FBS goes, Stanford, Northwestern, Duke, Vandy, Rice (and, I suppose, ND ) might be roughly equivalent to various Ivy League institutions in terms of academic prestige and exclusiveness.

Appreciable drop off after those six imo to the rest including Miami, USC, Tulane, BC, Wake, SMU, etc. Guessing these "sub-elite" schools might admit a good many more mediocre students who happen to have the right connection$

 

[JG13]

When i went to the U it was $60 a credit. My mother sent me $50 a month. I made extra money refereeing intramurals.. and the best weed in the world was $30 an ounce. Ah college days.

That was a big year with the colorization of the Wizard of Oz

 

[hoops156]

They only offered my daughter $2500. And, I'm by no means well off financially to afford the balance. My 529 plan only would have paid 2yrs at UM, at 2021 tuition rates. She'll get her MBA from UCF in August and already has a job offer at another premier ACC school, so that state school degree(s) paid off just fine.

they used to offer more aid, but not as much as they used to

 

[hoops156]

As FBS goes, Stanford, Northwestern, Duke, Vandy, Rice (and, I suppose, ND ) might be roughly equivalent to various Ivy League institutions in terms of academic prestige and exclusiveness.

Appreciable drop off after those six imo to the rest including Miami, USC, Tulane, BC, Wake, SMU, etc. Guessing these "sub-elite" schools might admit a good many more mediocre students who happen to have the right connection$

id put bc, Wake, and usc dependent on major ahead of miami (but USC is more similar to miami overall)

 

[Hold My Beer]

It's sickening to think that my money is forcibly taken from me to pay for UF and FSU.

I was happy to chip in for McElshark and Taggart tbh

 

[hoops156]

id put bc, Wake, and usc dependent on major ahead of miami (but USC is more similar to miami overall)

ill also add that i do think bang for buck going to UF for a similar education quality.

 

[Brains]

At least the lottery pays for Bright Futures.

Also gross, but I don't buy the lottery.

 

[JD08]

Also gross, but I don't buy the lottery.

It's a tax on people who are bad at math or a donation to scholarships, depending on perspective.

 

[Brains]

It's a tax on people who are bad at math or a donation to scholarships, depending on perspective.

When I was in high school, the threshold for qualifying for the lowest level of Bright Futures (which admittedly wasn't much money) was a 970 SAT. 970.

A lot of the problem with college costs is the cavalcade of unqualified people attending. The demand is too high, and it is artificially bolstered by stuff like Bright Futures.

 

[JD08]

When I was in high school, the threshold for qualifying for the lowest level of Bright Futures (which admittedly wasn't much money) was a 970 SAT. 970.

A lot of the problem with college costs is the cavalcade of unqualified people attending. The demand is too high, and it is artificially bolstered by stuff like Bright Futures.

It's changed a tad. The demand for college is too high. It's been inflated by people being told it was the only way to make money. So off they went to get a degree that doesn't pay squat. Then they like the lifestyle and borrow even more to get an advanced degree. Pretty soon you've got schools offering master's degrees in puppetry arts. We can also talk about the amount of money spent on professors and administrative staff that does nothing productive.

 

[FtLaudCaneFan]

I know there are UM alums here so I mean no disrespect but colleges as a whole are a complete scam for 80% of the population in the US and private schools like Miami are a scam for 95% of the attendees outside very specific circumstances or for those that wouldn't blink an eye about burning 400k on the kitchen table.

not a political take - but a country take - I hope the government stops backing and guaranteeing the student loans issued by predatory student loan companies. The second they do that is the second Miami and colleges stop milking young people for every last dime of their future

Amen Brother. They are super busy but year 2 or 3 DOGE can tackle this rip off scam.

 

[caneingville]

FL public universities are inexpensive by comparison to others. I know UGA and UTK are $300-$500 per credit.

UGA/GT/etc. are a bit more than FL universities, as last I checked they were around $12k a year, but we have Zell Miller and Hope Scholarship here in-state (similar to Bright Futures), so that helps significantly.

And I’ll throw in my UM experience as an alum. Late 90s tuition was ~21k a year. I was on the poor/smart girl plan with Pell Grant, academic scholarships, etc. My parents were not able to contribute anything (I had a pretty rough upbringing). All in all, with total cost of attendance in all years, my out of pocket was ~$20k, which I paid for in loans.

I was pretty ****ed when UM Law offered me nothing though.

 

[caneingville]

It's sickening to think that my money is forcibly taken from me to pay for UF and FSU.

I used to feel that way, but then I got UF to pay for me to take the GMAT, and for me to get my MBA.

 

[JD08]

UGA/GT/etc. are a bit more than FL universities, as last I checked they were around $12k a year, but we have Zell Miller and Hope Scholarship here in-state (similar to Bright Futures), so that helps significantly.

And I’ll throw in my UM experience as an alum. Late 90s tuition was ~21k a year. I was on the poor/smart girl plan with Pell Grant, academic scholarships, etc. My parents were not able to contribute anything (I had a pretty rough upbringing). All in all, with total cost of attendance in all years, my out of pocket was ~$20k, which I paid for in loans.

I was pretty ****ed when UM Law offered me nothing though.

UM Law actually offered me a lot back in 94. I just couldn't afford to support the family to take advantage of it.

 

[Hold My Beer]

When I was in high school, the threshold for qualifying for the lowest level of Bright Futures (which admittedly wasn't much money) was a 970 SAT. 970.

A guy from North Florida scores 970 on the SAT and his new nickname is "Genius"

#NotSarcasmEither

 

[Canezum5]

The absolute advantage that the United States owns over nearly every other country on the planet is our higher education system. The United States trains more doctors and lawyers and engineers and business professionals than any other country on the planet. Those professions are the most highly compensated ones too.

Meh. 2 out of 4 aint bad.