Can't decide

College Search & Selection
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<p>Ok. So I'm graduating this year and I really want to make my descion within the next two or three days. Alright so I'm a girl and I'm good at math.. Especially calc.. So I'm going into college with intent to be an engineer. The schools that I narrowed down to I got into all the engineering programs.. Which are purdue in Indiana.. Binghamton.. And renssalaer which are both in ny. I live in ny.. So purdue is 45000 to go and bing is about 18000.. Maybe a little off. Rensalear is private.. But I got a scholarship so it would be about 30000 to go. My parents would pay about 25000 to 30000 for me to go school. </p>

<p>Alright I know what you're thinking.. Rpi(renssalaer) is a no brainer.. But I'm worried I wouldn't fit in there and I'm also worried if I decide not to be an engineer I would be stuck. I know that it's a good buisness school.. But I don't really think I'd be good at buisness. Also I like to go out and go to parties. I know that obviously some people go out.. But I really want this experience. I know most people are like think about your future.. But honestly when am I going to be twenty years old again. Sure if I work all my life I'd be successful at forty.. But I don't have my youth. What I liked about it was most people would be there for generally the same major and have the same work load.. Because I know I said I want to party.. But on weekdays I'm going to try to be very dedicated to my work.. So it'd be nice for everyone to be on the same page</p>

<p>In respect to purdue.. The price just doesn't seem worth it. Plus its really far. I don't really mind the distance.. But it would be nice to be close to home. I did love it though.. I just don't really want the loans.. Or to break my parents. But the program seems amazing.</p>

<p>Alright now Binghamton. I loved it. When I visited I just said.. I can see myself here. It was literally my school. The program didn't impress me though. But I got more of a general tour and less of an engineering one. I heard they're pretty good for computer science.. Which I'm just like.. Maybe that would be for me. What I liked about it was the fact I loved it.. The price obviously.. It's close to home.. When I visited it everybody seemed just like me.. And its known as the suny "ivy" so I'd have a lot of choices. I'm just worried about if I do engineering would I really be that screwed coming out getting second rate jobs. I mean it's not a crap program. Apparently it's the fastest growing engineering program in the northeast.. And some people say its a Good program and the fact that im female ot would be fine.. But obviously it's not purdue or renssalaer. </p>

<p>So I didn't mean for this to be so long.. But if you read the whole thing it would mean so much to me. To sum it up I'm just looking to see how bad and stupid would it be to pick Binghamton. Is it really that bad of a program.. I heard its really hard too. I'm so confused and I'm just so stressed and any feedback would be so helpful</p>

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<p>IMO Purdue is not worth the OOS cost. Did you apply to Buffalo or Stony Brook which have stronger engineering programs than Bing?</p>

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<p>“Alright now Binghamton. I loved it. When I visited I just said… I can see myself here. It was literally my school.”</p>

<p>That’s about enough for me, if these are your only 3 options. (I’m wondering about SB, too.)</p>

<p>Binghamton has a respectable ABET-accredited engineering program, and you’re not sure you want to be an engineer anyway. So it’s a school you adore, at the lowest price, where you will have good options whether you stay in engineering or not. That’s where I would go.</p>

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<p>No. I really regret that I didn’t. Especially buffalo. That’s why I was worried at the program at bing. i hear it’s hard and doesn’t have the reputation to back it up. I’m sure rpi will be even harder… But the reputation might help me… If I’m able to survive it… Especially the rumored intense workload</p>

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<p>If you have lingering doubts about the engineering program, see if you can visit one more time and take a tour geared for engineers. But in all honesty, I’d send the money into SUNY-B and don’t look back. It is the school that felt right (which you should never discount), it is the most affordable, it is in a location you like, it is the top ranked SUNY school out there, and it has both engineering and business.</p>

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<p>And to hanna thank you!! I heard that it had a decent program. But I also heard engineers… Especially females… Find jobs pretty successfully. I’ve just been worried that getting that scholarship to rpi is too great to pass up. I also heard however that a lot of professors at rpi are just extremely intelligent… But have no teaching skills. But you do think that I’d find a good paying job easily out of that school? And the program really isn’t that bad?</p>

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<p>To happy1. Thank you!! Yeah. I tried calling but I got no answer. I was thinking of paying my deposit and then visiting it again… And then just losing it if I decide against it. I heard they just built a new engineering building and it’s a pretty fast growing program</p>

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<p>Any accredited engineering program is going to be hard. At the same time, if you are worried about that, there’s something to be said for not surrounding yourself with engineering geniuses.</p>

<p>“I’ve just been worried that getting that scholarship to rpi is too great to pass up.”</p>

<p>I get where you’re coming from, but I think it’s a mistake. Getting a $50,000 school for $30,000 is a bargain in one sense. But in another sense, if you go to RPI, you’re paying more for a school you like less. That’s not a bargain. The sticker price of a college doesn’t tell you much about the product.</p>