As a reality check when I mentioned U Alabama Birmingham to people in the Florida, it sounded perfectly plausible. Like hearing that somebody is going to Oregon State.
But the out of state tuition for their professional OT program....well let's just say that it makes Yale look cheap. And I thought the out of state fee for University of Michigan was insane. But my girl has worked so hard for several years to get into an accredited OT program and this is the one that accepted her...so we're going for it.
I admit, I'm the one who would chide parents for letting their children apply for expensive schools when they couldn't pay for them. But that assumes that there are other perfectly fine options that would work. I think she came reasonably close to being admitted to the program at Eastern Washington in Spokane. Closer, wayyyyyyy cheaper, Susanna liked the people and the place. What's not to like? Except they didn't accept her.
But after giving her a spot for the interview at the last minute when somebody dropped out, waitlisting her and then offering her a spot. Well, that's the one, then. Either that or no OT program this year. And when you've done an all out apply-for-graduate-school campaign, you don't want to have to do it all AGAIN. So UAB it is. I think it impressed them that somebody would travel all the way from Seattle to Birmingham Alabama on short notice for a grad school interview.
Go Blazers!
PS you may be wondering, with 4 kids including 3 daughters attending college, how many colleges have we paid bucks to. NOT including community college. (in no particular order)
University of Washington
Washington State University
Central Washington University
University of Oregon
University of Michigan
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Do I get a patch for this?
No comments:
Post a Comment