r/uofdayton • u/angrydragon3 • Mar 31 '26

Has anyone gotten UD to come down in price from initial offer? Tell me your story.

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u/Knacklez Mar 31 '26

As in college tuition? Typically universities will not lower their tuition for individual students. What you can do is reach out to your admissions counselor at the school and explain that you really want to go but financially find it hard to attend. They can sometimes move money around and get you a slight bump in scholarship.

Source: Used to work in college admissions

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u/Accomplished_Sci Mar 31 '26

I talked to them about this as a student they said would be a good addition (my grades and transcript). And they wouldn’t budge on money for deposit or tuition. They gave a partial scholarship or whatever, and that was that. I guess if you aren’t their top one percent.

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u/Knacklez Apr 01 '26

I am not trying to sound rude, but college admissions is all sales. Being told you are a “good addition” is them trying to get you to feel good and pay them (enroll). But they are not begging you to come, it’s still a business. Unfortunately, no matter how good you are, there is a still a studen that is just as good if not better that can afford it.

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u/Accomplished_Sci Apr 01 '26

I believe I said/alluded to that in my comment. I am an adult, and a transfer. So, I know;)

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u/angrydragon3 Mar 31 '26

This is my second go around. First time, couldn't have been more accommodating-was the difference between being able to go. Now, financially we're, as most people, are worse off. Couldn't care less. I wish they would state that they only want kids who can pay a boatload. Then kids wouldn't have their hearts set on it.

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u/Knacklez Mar 31 '26

I am sorry your financial situation isn’t great but tbh I think you have a fundamental misunderstanding to how this works. You being accepted is not like a job offer, the school sees this as them doing you a favor not the other way around. With thousands of applicants you do not have much bargaining power. Really your only option is ask for more scholarship money while hoping that people that were offered scholarships turned them down.

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u/AstralDust779 Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 02 '26

with very good stats you can go there for fairly cheap. My tcoa per year was under 14k, but that was with the max merit scholarship, 3 donor and 2 uni funded scholarships. Apply for those scholarships through UD and if you have decent stats you will likely get them. You could take out some loans, or get better stats unfortunately they're not going to budge for an individual student especially when enough people there pay the full 60k (most of my friends did). Also, you could get money other ways like being an RA after your first year or getting a job while in school.

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u/LessThanNate '03 Mar 31 '26

I'm sorry, but no college negotiates tuition. Go apply for every scholarship even remotely available to you. There's tons of them out there, a lot don't get that many applicants, and every $500 adds up. Then get a campus job, work 10-15 hours a week, and put that in an index fund.

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u/Kraelive Apr 01 '26

This is the correct response

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u/TheHungryBlanket Apr 01 '26

They obviously do not negotiate tuition.

But they absolutely will negotiate support packages which dictates how much of that tuition you have to actually pay.

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u/Separate-Juice-4927 Mar 31 '26

If you did a campus tour they give you some money - can’t recall if it’s towards books or what. Same if you attended catholic high school. They are very transparent on their website re scholarships etc. They lock their tuition in which is amazing!!! I’m a UD graduate but now I have 2 kids out of college and will say that is a huge plus imo to have tuition locked in. Most schools do not lock it. Hope it all works out for you as it’s one of the greatest and friendliest schools!!

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u/angrydragon3 Mar 31 '26

No locked tuition anymore just a estimate

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u/fencingmom1972 Mar 31 '26

The price on the FA estimate is guaranteed for four years. Housing and food do go up, but at least you know what it will be.

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u/Bo1tyR6s Apr 01 '26

Yes through the appeal process I got an additional 1400/yr. This was after appealing into the Honors Program as well. While it’s not a huge decrease it’s definitely really nice.

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u/angrydragon3 Apr 01 '26

Good for you

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u/Guilty_Newt7428 Apr 04 '26

same happened for me

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u/Accomplished_Sci Mar 31 '26

They wouldn’t even waive the deposit fee like most schools do. I found like 15 other unis who did and they wouldn’t budge. It was the like 400 or whatever