There was an
interesting article this week in the San Jose Mercury News, comparing the real costs at public California universities to those at private schools. I thought it was interesting to see that the kinds of issues we've been talking about for a while are just starting to make it into the mainstream.
Particularly relevant:
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At UC, "we hear from students who say, 'I was accepted at Cal, but such-and-such private university offered this aid. Can Cal match that?' said Anne DeLuca, UC Berkeley's acting admissions director."
oh, that's interesting
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of a public institution being asked to match something ----
And do they? That's what I want to know!
ReplyDeleteMy husband and I both went to Cal, and I was a third-gen student. We're planning on encouraging our kids towards BYU, which is now a screaming deal in comparison to anything in this state. We don't even make 80K, much less the numbers being thrown around in that article as middle-class.
The article implied that they didn't, but you are right, it isn't clear.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, UC Berkeley has an aid estimator (not including merit aid) on their website
http://calculator.berkeley.edu/
Berkeley is in a better position to increase financial aid packages than the other UC's because they have a stronger alumni donor base. Still can't compete with the most elite private universities, however.
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