Cutting College Costs

I've talked before about saving money by either going to a public college for your first couple of years, then transferring into a private school. Here is an example of another way of saving money.

The University of Massachusetts at Amherst guarantees admission to students graduating from an approved Joint Admissions associate degree program through a Mass Community College with at least a 2.5 GPA.

Additionally, if you were able to maintain at least a 3.0 GPA, Massachusetts has a program called Tuition Advantage Program which will give you a 33% tuition waiver.

UMass Amherst will go even further by waiving the other 67% of your tuition. This waiver doesn't include fees, but it's still a pretty good deal. Make it through with at least a 3.7 GPA and they will throw in a $500 book scholarship.

There are further scholarships and financial aid available. You can check it out at http://www.umass.edu/umccc/financial-matters.

More Massachusetts College News

At a meeting on March 22, 2011, the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education voted to require students entering Mass four year schools starting in the fall of 2016 to take four years of high school mathematics. The actual wording from the committee reads:
Mathematics, 4 courses (Algebra I & II and Geometry or Trigonometry, or comparable coursework) including mathematics during the final year of high school.

This new policy will affect students entering ninth grade in the fall of 2012 and later.

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