[Colorado-Talk] VR Counsellor for School

Tue Apr 11 23:02:43 UTC 2023

Hi Amy,
So if I close my case in Illinois, and I open a new one in Colorado, would I have to be 23, or live there for a while?

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> On Apr 11, 2023, at 5:54 PM, Amy Sabo via Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> hello elizabeth and all,
> 
> wow elizabeth this reminds me sooo much when i did this in 2003 when i
> moved frommichigan to colorado to the university of colorado at
> denver. as to help you on this first find out if you get into cu
> boulder before you contact dvr here in colorado to open up a case. if
> you get in then contact dvr here in colorado. since cu boulder is in
> boulder the boulder office would be the one to go through. if you get
> in then do this! when i decided to transfer here i opened up a case
> here in colorado but, you will need to close your case in illinois.
> legally you can't have 2 cases open up. i could be worong this so,
> that's one question to ask dvr.
> 
> as for dvr paying for your grad school they will but, they prefer if
> you have a pell grant or some kind of loans. if you have a pell grant
> it's a federal program and, it will transfer from one state to
> another.
> 
> so, that's my thoughts on this topic good luck in getting into cu boulder!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> hugs,
> amy sabo
> 
>> On 4/11/23, Elizabeth Sprecher via Colorado-Talk
>> <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I want to know how much a VR counselor would provide for tuition before I
>> make my decision to attend Boulder. I am waiting to find out from Boulder if
>> they have any TA and/or accompanying awards, since that is a big part of
>> grad school. I applied for piano performance. I followed up with them a few
>> times and they said they are still waiting for more information. They said
>> they had a lot of talented students.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Apr 11, 2023, at 3:51 PM, Dan Burke via Colorado-Talk
>>> <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Elizabeth -
>>> 
>>> Are you living here? How long?
>>> 
>>> If you're still in Chicago, you likely have a VR counselor there, and
>>> there's no reason you wouldn't use that counselor to go to school out
>>> of state.
>>> 
>>> On the other hand, there is in-state and out-of-state tuition at
>>> nearly every state college or university, and that is certainly the
>>> case at CU-Boulder. If you are not living here now, you would need to
>>> be here a year to get the in-state rate, which is much lower. But in
>>> Colorado, if you are under age 23, there's no way you can get in-state
>>> until you reach that age. And only in certain cases will VR agree to
>>> pay an out-of-state level of tuition. That's true in every state, I
>>> suspect.
>>> 
>>> If you are in Colorado, the number to cll to set up an
>>> intake/application for Blind Low Vision Services is 720-908-2699
>>> 
>>> If you have more questions (or answers to our questions), feel free to
>>> rach out to any of us.
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> Dan
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 4/11/23, Jessica Beecham via Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> Will you be living in Boulder?
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 1:48 PM Elizabeth Sprecher via Colorado-Talk <
>>>> colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>> I recently applied to University of Colorado Boulder and I'm wondering
>>>>> if
>>>>> anyone knows a VR Counsellor I could talk to?
>>>>> I'm from Chicago, so the requirements and cost of school might be
>>>>> different in another state.
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Elizabeth
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>>> 
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>>> 
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