OT - My Daughter Finally Picked a School.

Fred19Flintstone

She's a Wolverine!

She loved Texas Tech. and the State of Texas in general, but in the end I think I made a difference.  I advised her to stay in the Great Lakes State so she wouldn't get gouged with out-of-state tuition and graduate with a large debt around her neck.  She only has so much money that we saved for her and she is responsible for anything above that.  GO BLUE!!!!

gpsegg

Congratulations and good luck to her! A great school.

Bustersdad

Congrats...my son is a Wolverine as well.

Gadfly

Maybe we should start an OT thread on where our kids to go school.

me,

Son in University of Washington: Computer Science

Daughter in University of Chicago: Medical School

Austin Egghead

Congrats to your daughter

stevesails

Go blue. My son is a senior in Ann arbor. Marching band

GK59

Plus Fred she will still be fed at home. How could she in her right mind leave Egged food. 

Good school.  My nieces and nephew from Flushing went there. All doing very well in life.

Go Blue!

Fred19Flintstone

When it comes to my food, next to myself, my daughter is my harshest critic.  She doesn't like it if the food tastes "too eggy".  Most of the time that means it has too much smoke for her taste, but sometimes with just lump she says it's too eggy.  When she likes it, then I really got something!

henapple

If she doesn't like that tar taste don't use Royal Oak. >:)

TonyA

A college education is what you make of it. She's wise to leave the debt behind.

mgoblue0484

Your daughter is a smart young woman!

Aviator

Strong work, Fred, Our daughter is at the same crossroads. We have decided to go at MCATs and are carting her to ATL and back every week.

Ragtop99

My middle son will be a wolverine in the fall. Aerospace engineering major.

BYS1981

My dad was accepted to Michigan, but his family couldn't afford it. He went to Wayne state instead.

hapster

Congrats!!! You should be a very proud Stone Age dad!

stevesails

Make sure you fill out your fafsa. Michigan can get cheaper than a lot of schools. They have lots of money to give away

NPHuskerFL

Congrats! Going to a "BIG 10" school.

Fred19Flintstone

My parents both graduated from The University of Michigan and none of their kids went there.  I graduated from Eastern Michigan and my brother and sister graduated from Michigan State (OH HORRORS!).  Most of my nieces and my nephew attend or graduated from Michigan State.  My Mom was very moved when my daughter told her Grandma she was going to Michigan! 

caliking

Congrats!

And hey - my wife is a Spartan

KennyLee

Congrats Fred.......good for her and good luck to her.  I think she would have loved Tech, but that out of state tuition can be a deal breaker.  Finding that out as we're starting to look at schools for our oldest who will be heading that direction in a couple of years. 

mokadir

Nice school, almost up there with Penn State! Nothing like in state tuition at a great university.

Skiddymarker

Congrats, nice to have them away at school yet close enough to still be at home. 

TexanOfTheNorth

The State of Texas' loss will be Michigan's gain. Good luck to your daughter as she embarks on this next phase of her life!

BTW, missed having the Flintstones here in Toronto yesterday.

JohnInCarolina

Awesome! What is she planning to major in?

Fred19Flintstone

JohnInCarolina said:

Awesome! What is she planning to major in?

That was the kicker in my plan. She wants to be a teacher. My anti Texas Tech point was "You can get that degree ANYWHERE. In-state is much cheaper and you can leave Michigan when you get a job."

JohnInCarolina

I'm sure you're very proud of her Fred, on multiple levels. Michigan is one of the "public Ivies" and with good reason.

SteveWPBFL

Here's how I think it works (I was born in Ypsi, grew up in G.C. BTW and graduated from 'Larry Tech' in Southfield so know EMU, UM, etc. pretty well from back in the 1970's anyway). Based on experience with my kids going to college IF the applied-to out-of-state-school WANTS your kid (is not a 'superstar') they will extend some sort of token-amount scholarship that includes IN-STATE tuition rate (unless they are private, of course). The WANT is based quite a bit and maybe primarily on SAT score. GPA and no. of clubs in and class placement and all that stuff seems to be secondary. If your kid's SAT score will boost their average then 'come on in'! If it is about the same or lower then, well, sure, if you really WANT to come here you can but you'll have to pay the out-of-state rate. Just me. But hey, I have an EGG!

llrickman

I Lived in Lubbock for years and TTU is a great school but the out of state tuition is outrageous. In state tuition at Tech is higher than out of state her at UNM in Albuquerque.

Ragtop99

SteveWPBFL said:

Here's how I think it works (I was born in Ypsi, grew up in G.C. BTW and graduated from 'Larry Tech' in Southfield so know EMU, UM, etc. pretty well from back in the 1970's anyway). Based on experience with my kids going to college IF the applied-to out-of-state-school WANTS your kid (is not a 'superstar') they will extend some sort of token-amount scholarship that includes IN-STATE tuition rate (unless they are private, of course). The WANT is based quite a bit and maybe primarily on SAT score. GPA and no. of clubs in and class placement and all that stuff seems to be secondary. If your kid's SAT score will boost their average then 'come on in'! If it is about the same or lower then, well, sure, if you really WANT to come here you can but you'll have to pay the out-of-state rate. Just me. But hey, I have an EGG!

Our high school sends Michigan about 10 kids a year.  They were tighter on out-of-state merit aid than prior years.  Maybe they figured out our area will pay the $$.  My son is doing AFROTC.  Without it, I couldn't justify the price and he would have gone somewhere else.