<p>Syracuse University - 32,000 a year
University of Pittsburgh - 24,000 a year
North Carolina State University - 7,500 a year
University of Connecticut - 38,000 a year
University of Rochester - 43,000 a year
SUNY Geneseo - 17,000 a year</p>
<p>I am paying for school and it is very stressful. I want to go to the best school I am able to but money is a huge issue. Will any of these schools give me an advantage in getting into grad school over another one? All of my friends are going to really prestigious universities and I feel that just because I can't afford these schools it makes me a failure. :/ I can afford NC State but the other schools seem more academically successful.</p>
<p>Go to NCSU and do well. You’ll be fine getting into grad school. Definitely not worth more than double to cost to go elsewhere. NCSU is a good solid school and you can get the education you want there if you work at it, which you will have to do at the other schools too. I have a kid at one of them, and I am not happy right now as he can’t get into a needed class and will need to take it locally to stay on track. And I am paying OOS bucks for the privilege of scampering like that.</p>
You might want to reconsider that philosophy or else you are going to be feeling this way for much of your life. There are going to be people that drive nicer cars, take better vacations, live in nicer neighborhoods, etc. </p>
<p>So you can either enjoy what you do have and be happy that you have the opportunity to get a college education, which will put you in the group of 1/3 of American adults that have a 4-year degree and open up many career possibilities. Or you can bemoan your fate. It’s your choice…</p>
<p>Congratulations in getting acceptances to those schools. Studies have shown that those who gain admittance to a number of schools and go to anyone of them are as successful with that choice than at any of the others. A major study has shown that. </p>
<p>You’ll be feeling a lot less weight on you than many of your friends who got their parents to co sign major loans to afford more expensive choices. When it comes time for payback, it hurts terribly to have that debt on your back and your parents’ backs.</p>
<p>I don’t know about need based aid but I received a university grant of 7,500 each semester and then an additional grant for 2,500 each semester. Thank you, I guess I am lucky. @cptofthehouse thank you! That makes me feel a lot better. :)</p>
<p>I’m going in pre - law and hope on going to law school. I am taking out loans by myself because the economy hurt my parents.</p>
<p>???</p>
<p>Are you aware that you can’t take out large loans yourself? Who would co-sign? </p>
<p>Does your NCState FA pkg contain loans? If so, how much? and, how will you cover the remaining $7500 each year? If you’ll be borrowing for that as well, again, who will co-sign??</p>
Wait. Are the numbers in your original post what you will PAY or what you RECEIVED? The real question is what is the cost each year after Grants and Scholarships? Don’t include loans.</p>
<p>As others have indicated, your original post is not clear. Run your aid packages through this nifty calculator, and figure out how much you will need to pay after the “free” money (grants and scholarships) is subtracted from the Cost of Attendance: [FinAid</a> | Calculators | Award Letter Comparison Tool](<a href=“Your Guide for College Financial Aid - Finaid”>Award Letter Requirements - Finaid)</p>
<p>Do you have several thousand in your own savings that you used to get to the $7,500 figure? If so, then this first year could be do-able with a part-time job and a Stafford Loan. However, I don’t see where you are going to come up with that much money for years two, three, and four. Sit down with your parents, and crunch the numbers again. Can they help you at all? Is your health insurance covered by one of their employers? Even with the housing, meals, books, personal expenses, and travel reduced to a minimum, it is hard for me to see that you can make this work.</p>
<p>After all the grants it comes out to 10,000 a year. They give me loans that bring it down to 3,000. My parents will cover that 3,000 and I will take out the remaining 7,000 for myself in loans and my parents will cosign. They cover the loans though so I don’t need to get it from a private company. @happymomof1 NCSU will cover the loans except 3,000 a year which my parents will cover. Any additional fees such as book and transportation my parents will also cover. I am set as far as loans go and it will come out to about 7,300 per year in loans the school is giving me.</p>
<p>Pick NCSU. If you’re complaining about money now, you’re in for a rude awakening if you go to law school. Get ready for another 200k in non-dischargable debt. Have fun eating Ramen until you’re 40.</p>
./tooshort</p>