<p>I got into Berkeley (SPRING admit) and Boston Univeristy (regular).</p>
<p>I live out of state, so Berkeley is pretty expensive.</p>
<p>basically, BU gave me 40000$ to attend.
Berkeley gave me 10000$ merit, so i need to pay the other $31,000 somehow (10,000 in loans offered)</p>
<p>is CAL worth it??</p>
<p>(I want to go to dental school after my undergrad!)</p>
<p>if i were in your position, i’d probably go to BU. my $0.02</p>
<p>A spring admit can save a semester’s worth of costs by taking a semester of transferable community college courses in the fall before arriving at Berkeley in the spring, but that still won’t come close to making up the likely difference in cost.</p>
<p>You should base it on net cost after non-loan financial aid, and note how long any financial aid lasts – one year or all four years.</p>
<p>[BU</a> cost](<a href=“http://www.bu.edu/finaid/cost/]BU”>http://www.bu.edu/finaid/cost/) is about $57,000 resident, $48,000 commuter. Net cost after non-loan financial aid (assuming all $40,000 is non-loan) is $17,000 or $8,000 per year.</p>
<p>[Berkeley</a> out of state cost](<a href=“http://students.berkeley.edu/finaid/undergraduates/cost.htm]Berkeley”>http://students.berkeley.edu/finaid/undergraduates/cost.htm) is $50,000 to $54,000. Net cost after non-loan financial aid is $40,000 to $44,000 per year (less for the first year if you do community college in the fall).</p>