Is it better to go to a school I will enjoy that will put me in a good bit of debt or a school that I do not like but is soooo much cheaper?
option c. rob a bank and go to the college you enjoy
you need to give us more info m8
College is what you make of it. How do you know you will hate it there if you haven’t even gone there yet? I would recommend going to the cheaper school, and if you hate it, transfer out.
@smarterguy221 The only true way to afford college.
How much debt are you talking about here? The Stafford loan maximums ($5,500 freshman year, $6,500 sophomore year, $7,500 junior and senior years)? Or more debt than that?
How much cheaper is the cheaper place? Are you just not having to take out any loans? Or is it even less expensive?
Can you afford whatever it is before the loans, or would that be hard to come up with in the first place?
Why do you believe that you will “enjoy” one place but not the other?
From students we’ve spoken to who went to their second choice school, once they enrolled and were in the thick of Fall semester getting their new groove on, they were SO thankful they made that decision. Think about it. Once you forego your expensive #1, you’ll have no idea what the day to day life is like there, so you wouldn’t lament what you are “missing” anyway. You have nothing to compare to but your current college experience.
Is it a case of being an atheist and the cheap school is heavily religious? Or is it the case of a directional with average SATs in the 400s vs. your 650s? Or a college that’s smaller or larger than you’d wish?
How much debt are you talking about?