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Dapper-Ad-7543 t1_j21yazd wrote

Same happened with my kids, SUNY schools offered them some money, UVM nothing. They ended up going to expensive private schools that gave them tons of merit money making it much less than instate UVM.

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Naive_Midnight_5732 t1_j21zf4e wrote

It ended up costing me less to go to an insanely expensive private liberal arts school than it did for my brother to go in-state to UVM; and this was back in the 90s.

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Deep_Significance496 t1_j22ugmy wrote

Yep this was me and my brother too! My liberal arts school was 65,000 per year at the time and I came out of it with way less student loan debt than my twin who attended UVM. Since we’re the same age it was also a direct comparison for our respective schools looking at our family’s financial situation and determining aid.

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bangell14 t1_j23pioj wrote

Heck, it cost me less to go to Midd than it did for my brother to go to Castleton!

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Constant_Education_4 OP t1_j21zi1j wrote

Same happened with my son. $65k sticker price for a private school, but a couple thousand less than UVM when the merit aid offer came in. The system is just bonkers.

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grnmtgrl t1_j2278lw wrote

Same. Even though I had little desire to go to UVM, I didn't expect my in-state merit offer to be so paltry despite my strong grades and test scores. I think the only way my offer would've improved is with a Green and Gold scholarship (full tuition), but that requires being HS valedictorian.

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