<p>sarzilla – do you really want to live at home and commute? it means you probably won’t participate in much on campus? is that the type of college experience you are really looking for? and would you really want to limit your course choices based on only going to classes 3 days a week?
the schools are very different – liberal arts college versus university. i don’t think there is a significant difference in ranking to worry about.<br>
i think you should consider what you want to study and which school would be better for what you want. as for debt – think about what you will want to do after college – eg, grad school that will cost more money, or a job likely to pay decently – so you can consider how burdensome debt will be.
and by the way – you might get more responses if you start a thread rather than tacking your question on to another thread.</p>
<p>They’re still accepting applications. I’m just applying this week (I had applied and got waitlisted as a freshman, but upon speaking with someone I learned I’m not considered a freshman…). How long has it been taking you guys to get a decision after having everything in? And does this mean I might not be able to go to accepted students day since I may not have a decision?</p>
<p>Hey sorry I’m a little new to posting on CC. I’ll try to start a new thread. Thanks for your input! I hope to go to law school one day so hopefully my future plans will be able to pay off the debt that I accrue quickly, but sometimes our future plans don’t turn out as we hope. Who knows if I’ll end up going to law school as much as I want to. Also, I know law school will be extremely expensive so I figured I would try to take on the least amount of debt in undergrad. I REALLY want to live in the dorms wherever I go if the commuting distance isn’t under 25 minutes but my parents are leaning more on buying me a car instead. That way atleast the 10k a year would go towards a tangible asset, and I’d be getting a great college education too. I know I would feel a little jipped not living on campus but I guess a lot of times it’s what you put into it yourself is what matters. I’ve commuted for the past 2 years to my community college and don’t feel like I’ve missed out too much but I know I would love the dorm/apt experience.
It’s all really coming down to if I get into Cornell then I would have to live on campus if I went there. UGH I HATE WAITING for decisions!</p>
<p>My son applied as a transfer in the second week of March. He found out they were missing a transcript a week or so later. He got that in and he received his acceptance letter and email on April 2 - Friday. They never asked him for a mid term report. He is currently at American University, but due to the cost of tuition and the debt that he may end up carrying, he is looking at all other options. We are residents of NY, so the difference in the cost of tuition is staggering. He also applied to Buffalo, with the same transcript issue (school’s fault), but has not heard back from Buffalo yet.</p>
<p>American University is a good school. I am not convinced that it is better than Binghamton, however, at least for his program and the difference in tuition costs.</p>
<p>Good luck to all who are still waiting!</p>