<p>Here is a scenario if you got accepted to your dream school and your parents couldnt afford to send you there and the college didnt offer you a lot of scholarship aid would you still go there? Have any of you guys been in this predicament? If so did any of you chose to go to that school anyway and take loans, was it worth it?</p>
<p>Is it worth it? It depends on how much you want this college and how big the loans would be. If you are taking relatively small loans to make up the difference that your parents can't afford, then I say go for it. If it means either going to Harvard or Podunk, then take out the loans. Student loans have low interest and good repayment plans.</p>
<p>It also depends on how good the second choice was...
Let's say it was MIT and Olin.... I'd take Olin in a heartbeat. It all depends on trade offs - exactly how much is going to your dream school worth?</p>
<p>id still go and just take out loans. if im somewhere i dont wanna be i wont perform right. for instance i live in GA. i got into uga and syracuse. cuse is my dream school but id have to pay 41,500. tack on 300 for engineerings fees (i never herd of that). uga.....4000. my mom was all ready to tell me to leave cuse alone. but then i got my financial aid package and im doin ok. if i had ended up at uga i would have been sooo ****ed.</p>
<p>melosyracuse how much aid were you offered just out of curiousity?</p>
<p>I had to make that decision last year.
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=54179%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=54179</a></p>
<p>warblersrule86 so did you end up picking duke in the end? if so are you glad?</p>
<p>Yes, I did. Am I glad? Hmm...that's harder to answer than you might expect. I'm certainly very happy here, if that's what you're asking. I'm getting a great education, it's closer to home, it's a lot cheaper, and the weather is a lot nicer than Chicago's. It's hard to guess how happy I would have been at another school, which is why I don't like to second-guess my decisions. There's a ton of things I like about Duke, and there's some things I really don't like. The first month or so I was here, I was seriously questioning my choice. Once I settled in, though, I had a blast. I think you'll be that way at any college. I'm hoping to go to U Chicago for grad school, which is one course of action if you're in a similar situation.</p>
<p>This is exactly what I'm doing. I'm going to my dream school, no matter the cost. None of the schools in Florida did I ever consider going to so therefore I'm going out of state. Will it cost me more? Of course it will. As far as how much financial aid I'm getting, I don't know yet. Even so, it will only cost more my first year. After that, I'll be classified as an in-state student, so the cost will be cut in half. If I have to take out loans to pay for it, then so be it. I'm going where I want to go and know that I can be happy.</p>
<p>warblersrule: im glad to hear you're happy at Duke...this is a very tough decision..i wish someone else could make it for me lol. what do the rest of you guys think?</p>
<p>Perhaps this advice might help.
<ol> <li><p>Looking over the results, note your reactions. Do you find yourself annoyed that Princeton got only 78 points and Harvard got 88? That tells you something. Do you find yourself tempted to go back over Carletons results and add a bit here and there? That tells you something.</p></li> <li><p>Look over the results again. Do you know that the answers the rankings give you just wont work? Because your mother would never be happy if you dont go to Duke? Because your dad will be furious if you go to Reed? Because the cost is just plain prohibitive for the winner? Then, go back and add whatever criteria these issues raise: Moms favorite, Dads view. Or, add more weight to the cost criterion.</p></li> <li><p>Study the final results. Perhaps you now have your answer, and you are done.</p></li> <li><p>To me this is the most important step. If you do not have your answer, put the tables and analyses away. Now, imagine that the decision has been taken completely out of your hands: a Big Boss has swooped in and told you that your acceptances to Earlham, JHU and UNC have been revoked. You have to go to Amherst. How do you feel? Relieved? Thrilled? Incensed? Ready to fight for that JHU acceptance? </p></li> </ol>
<p>Test out this scenario for each college youre still considering. Believing that the decision has been taken out of your hands, and monitoring your reactions should give you your answer. If it doesnt narrow it down to one school (I think it will), it should at least eliminate some and you can redo the process for the remaining.
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<p>"This is exactly what I'm doing. I'm going to my dream school, no matter the cost. None of the schools in Florida did I ever consider going to so therefore I'm going out of state. Will it cost me more? Of course it will. As far as how much financial aid I'm getting, I don't know yet. Even so, it will only cost more my first year. After that, I'll be classified as an in-state student, so the cost will be cut in half. If I have to take out loans to pay for it, then so be it. I'm going where I want to go and know that I can be happy"</p>
<p>is that how it really works? i didn't think that second year oos students were given in state tuition? did i miss something?</p>
<p>depends the difference in the schools.</p>
<p>How DO you qualify for in-state tuition at an out-of-state school? Rent an apartment? Get a job? Change your driver's license?</p>
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<p>My family is actually moving to the state that I'm going to be going to school in. They planned to move long before I decided I wanted to go to school where I'm going. With that said, after the first year I would be considered an in-state student because I would have a permanent residence in the state that I would be going to school in and I would also have a driver's license of that state.</p>
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<blockquote> <p>Even so, it will only cost more my first year. After that, I'll be classified as an in-state student, so the cost will be cut in half. <<</p> </blockquote>
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<p>I wouldn't count on that. Most state school systems will not allow out of state students to qualify for in-state rates so long as his/her parents reside and pay taxes in another state. It's much easier to establish state residency for say voting or jury duty than it is for college purposes. Check carefully with your college to find out the rules.</p>
<p>^ If you look above, my parents are moving the to the state that I will be going to school in. Once they have lived there for a year (we're moving in June, so June 2007) I will be reclassified as an In-State Student.</p>