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Message: [QUOTE="SUFan44, post: 2223105, member: 39"] I understand that. But it's done by the Universities themselves. Look at the University of Cincinnati's website: [URL="http://admissions.uc.edu/costs.html"]Tuition & Fees[/URL] An excerpt: [I]The cost of attending UC consists of direct and indirect costs. Direct costs on your semester bill are [URL='http://uc.edu/bursar/fees.html']tuition[/URL] ([URL='http://uc.edu/bursar/fees/bill_descriptions.html']instructional, general, technology, campus life, and program fees[/URL]), [URL='http://uc.edu/housing/rates.html']room and board[/URL] (for students residing on campus), and [URL='http://uc.edu/uhs/student_health_insurance.html']health insurance[/URL] (if minimum insurance coverage is not documented). Attending college also includes indirect costs. Items such as books and supplies, transportation and parking, personal expenses, and off-campus rent are part of your budget though they will not be billed by the university. [/I] [B][I]In addition to the direct fees detailed above, we recommend you budget approximately $1,500 for books and supplies, $500 to $725 for transportation, and between $3,800 and $5,000 for personal expenses per academic year. [/I][/B] The link you provided lists Cincinnati as the top CoA school in their league at $6,082. Full scholarships cover tuition and fees, room, board and course-related books. Therefore, if you extrapolate the $500-725 for transportation and the $3,800-$5,000 in personal expenses, plus 'supplies' apart from books, you can get to $6,082. In contrast, here is SU's site: [URL='http://financialaid.syr.edu/costofattendance/undergraduate/'][/URL] [URL="http://financialaid.syr.edu/costofattendance/undergraduate/"]Financial Aid | Cost of Attendance: Undergraduate[/URL] They list: Books & Supplies $1,469 Transportation $668 Personal Expenses $1,030 Judging from that, I'd say Syracuse's CoA is roughly $2,000-$2,300 per kid. I'm not saying it doesn't cost more - I'm just saying it's structured by the school and not by the athletic administration necessarily. Is that a conversation that the AD can have with admissions or whoever designs this structure? I'm sure they can. But that number is not just pulled out of thin air and at the discretion of the AD. [/QUOTE]

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