<p>@simba9 I’d be taking out 27k over 4 years. So 5500k my freshman year, etc. Not a crippling amount.</p>
<p>@PurpleTitan My stats are too low for UMich. 3.4 UW GPA (probably lower depending on how schools recalculate it.) That being said, MSU told me they were going to recalculate my GPA and I ended up in an honors program, so who really knows how it would have played out. On top of that, my mom refused to let me apply because (wait for it) my ex goes there. Really, mom? It’s a huge school. But such is life.</p>
<p>To all those asking about my brother’s college costs, he’s committed to Oakland University (formerly MSU-Oakland) right down the street, and I think total costs are under 20k for him including room and board.</p>
<p>If I could pick one school over the other regardless of cost or “prestige,” I would pick Case just because of the size and atmosphere. I’m also an LGBT applicant, and Case is supposedly very LGBT-friendly. But the thing is, I’ve talked to students at both schools, including LGBT students at MSU, and they’ve all said that they were very happy with where they ended up. </p>
<p>I don’t know, maybe I’ll get accepted to Wooster with enough merit and need-based FA to get me there. That doesn’t mean I’ll go there, though. A big school like MSU means that there is no way that I will miss out on finding “my people.” If only Rochester would accept me with total costs under 40k, that’d be perfect.</p>