Carnegie Mellon vs. Penn State

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hey everybody,</p>

<p>I got accepted into Carnegie Mellon's Humanities and Social Sciences School (rejected from Tepper, but my major is a joint program with the business school, which is pretty cool). Financial aid from CMU was more than I expected: $36000. So I'd be paying about $25000 per year. However, that's not guaranteed, since I'd have to reapply for financial aid each year.</p>

<p>I also got accepted into Penn State's main campus on a full ride Bunton-Waller Scholarship. I literally won't have to pay a cent if I decide to attend.</p>

<p>I think the only reason why I'd choose CMU (btw, I have spent my last two summers there as a part of their SAMS program--schwag) over Penn State is because of its "prestige" factor, and that the job opportunities will (I think) be much better.*First reason is lame, I know. :/</p>

<p>Also, I put down Finance as my major for Penn State, but if I go there, I will change it to Statistics with maybe a minor in Econ.*So I guess it comes down to CMU's Economics and Mathematical Sciences (H&SS and Tepper degree) for $100000+ vs Penn State's Statistics degree for free.</p>

<p>This may be a stupid question, but thanks for your help, regardless.</p>

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<p>Whats the GPA requirement for the full ride ? If its too high, you won’t be able to keep it for more than 1 year.</p>

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<p>First year: 2.75.
Then 3.0 for the rest.</p>

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<p>Penn State is not going to prevent job opportunities, and the 100K debt will make you regret the decision later on in life. CMU has the prestige, yes, but 5 years after you’ve graduated nobody cares and it’s all about job experience. I’d go to Penn State.</p>

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I didn’t see him say it would be 100k in debt just that he would have to pay 25k a year.</p>

<p>What do you want to work in?</p>