SMU 2010! Forum

[hhg]

just got my dean's scholly offer in the mail - a bit over 25k per year if i remain in good standing etc. pretty enticing. gonna try to find a chance to visit... wish there was a travel stipend for asd.

after actually looking into cost of living etc, i realized that even with the scholly it's still going to cost more than some of my other higher ranked schools - does smu match/compete? i'm big on prestige (even though i kind of try not to be), but i also already have $100k in loans from undergrad so i'm trying to keep an open mind...

COL?

Dallas is dirt-cheap to live compared to every other major city. I guess it's more expensive than Lexington or Winston-Salem, but not by much.

sorry, should have clarified by saying col + tuition... combined the total cost would still be more than other higher ranked schools.

[kalvano]

Something to ask yourself is how completely those schools dominate their market, and what kind of salary will you be making coming out of them?

SMU dominates Dallas, and you should do pretty well in finding a job. Even if the median is cut by $30K due to the economy, that's still about $80K a year, which goes pretty far in Dallas.

[justcap]

Got my scholarship in the mail today in Utah, and I'm pretty happy with it!

[burtonrideclub]

22k. White male with a 166, 3.5.

[Thirteen]

22k. White male with a 166, 3.5.

Love the avatar.

[SpencerPratt]

Have any PT admits received scholly info? Not that I expect to get one. I'm just curious as to if they sent them all at the same time.

Looks like a few people on LSN got some money for PT. Hoping to hear something tomorrow.

[keg411]

Congrats to everyone who got scholarships.

[fathergoose]

Not to sound greedy or ungrateful, but is this the extent of the scholarship money or will there be another wave later? (obviously excluding the Hughes and Sumner) Half $ is good but more would be much better.

Also I took a tour last week and asked a bunch of questions. They were very helpful and the campus (really a "quad" with a courtyard) was impressive. Starkly different from UH campus.

[bonnieblue]

yeah i gotta say i was less than thrilled.... i got more for uga and w&l and they are higher ranked

but im gonna try to negotiate a bit or pray for the hatton

[Billy Batts]

Does anyone know what the total cost will be? I see the $35,996 tuition and $4,190 for fees, but they didn't include a room/board cost. I need to know the big, all-inclusive total number.

[bonnieblue]

i wrote down that the estimated COA was $56,800 I believe

[Billy Batts]

i wrote down that the estimated COA was $56,800 I believe

So that means they're putting living expenses at around 16,500?

[bonnieblue]

http://www.law.smu.edu/JDFinancial-Aid

here's where I found their estimates... hope this helps

[wellington]

Looking at last year's $$ the amounts were bigger and for lesser numbers. It's hard to believe some of you with your stellar numbers are only getting a half to nearly three-fourths tuition. I remember from last year, however, several posters receiving a bigger scholarship after their initial offer.

[Billy Batts]

http://www.law.smu.edu/JDFinancial-Aid

here's where I found their estimates... hope this helps

Thanks!

[justcap]

Does anyone know what the total cost will be? I see the $35,996 tuition and $4,190 for fees, but they didn't include a room/board cost. I need to know the big, all-inclusive total number.

Does anyone know why they have 4,190 in fees? Is that per year or just for first years? I don't see fees even close to that with any other school....

[ec2xs]

Does anyone know what the total cost will be? I see the $35,996 tuition and $4,190 for fees, but they didn't include a room/board cost. I need to know the big, all-inclusive total number.

Does anyone know why they have 4,190 in fees? Is that per year or just for first years? I don't see fees even close to that with any other school....

I was wondering the same thing. Is it only for first years? What are "fees"? I'll try to email them unless someone around here knows.

[FB567]

When's the next batch of RD coming out?

[Gunners87]

Received scholly today, 25300 per year. Love to go to SMU but I have better $$ offers from higher and similarly ranked schools so I'm hoping I can get them to match...that tuition rise is not cool.

[isaiah6v8]

Received scholly today, 25300 per year. Love to go to SMU but I have better $$ offers from higher and similarly ranked schools so I'm hoping I can get them to match...that tuition rise is not cool.

Are we sure there is a tuition raise coming? I thought the post regarding the tuition raise was actually referring to UH as in Houston raising their tuition. I could have totally read it wrong though. I think Fathergoose posted it, maybe he could tell us what he meant. Or if it is a raise, where he got that info.

[Bustang]

Tuition raise=U of H.

[SpencerPratt]

Dean's Scholarship of $5k per year for PT

So fucking pumped. Went from hoping for T2 to $ at T1.

99.9999% chance I wind up at Dallas in the fall!

[fathergoose]

Received scholly today, 25300 per year. Love to go to SMU but I have better $$ offers from higher and similarly ranked schools so I'm hoping I can get them to match...that tuition rise is not cool.

Are we sure there is a tuition raise coming? I thought the post regarding the tuition raise was actually referring to UH as in Houston raising their tuition. I could have totally read it wrong though. I think Fathergoose posted it, maybe he could tell us what he meant. Or if it is a raise, where he got that info.

The tuition increase is only for UH. I think it's to cover deficits in the budget and help with the new building they are trying to put up. SMU's tuition is stationary at an unseemly 40k according to my acceptance packet. Although SMU fared pretty well in those NALP employment numbers going around TLS so maybe it's almost reasonable.

[Gunners87]

Ah ok, sorry for raising the alarm. 40k a year is still steep but hopefully more scholly money will come...

[da87]

Anyone have any predictions on when they will release some more decisions?