<p>Hi everyone! Let's say you were accepted into two colleges with a full ride for both. School is A is near home and school B is around like 3 hours from home. School B is ranked higher than school A but not by much. I mean, it's not Ivy League by any means. Is it worth it to pack up and go away for a school that's better know in a bigger city or not? Like should it be either go to Ivy League or don't kind of a thing?</p>
<p>3 hours is far enough from my family to feel “away” yet close enough to plan a round-trip visit any day if I need it. Plus, the school is better-known. I’ll take option B by a mile.</p>
<p>Thx for ur input! Also, maybe I should have rephrased the situation. Oh btw, this is a totally hypothetical situation because I haven’t applied anywhere yet, but I think I will be in this situation once I start applying. Anyways, the only reason college B is better known is because it is in a bigger city (such as University of Pittsburgh or Ohio State, etc.) School A (the one near home) has most of the same programs, classes, etc. as school B. Most people have just probably not heard of it. That’s why I was wondering if it was worth it to go away to the other school (school B) just because of the name being heard of more and everyone knowing the location. I mean, the school itself isn’t a great deal much better. So this all kind of ties in with the title of thread “go big or go home.” I wasn’t sure if it was worth it to move away when u have a full ride at home unless u r moving to an Ivy League. I mean, unless u just r dying to get away from home.</p>
<p>Are cost and academic suitability similar in this situation?</p>
<p>Do you have a preference for big city or not big city?</p>
<p>Do you have a preference for being near home or somewhat further from home?</p>
<p>Being in a big city might attract more recruiters to the career center due to convenience.</p>
<p>I don’t really have a preference. There are perks to both, big city and little. And yes, the costs would be similar. The reason I am asking is because my dad really wants me to go to the local college near home. He says there are many benefits to being home and I will be able to focus on my studies more because honestly, at home, my parents do almost everything for me (laundry, cook, etc.). However, I think that for a little more money, I could go to some different colleges that are only a couple of hours away. I live in WV so these other colleges could be like UK or University of Pittsburgh, Miami of Ohio, etc. My dad is saying that these colleges really aren’t exceptional at all (which I mean they are not, they are just more heard of) so he says that why not stay at home for undergrad. I will get a full ride at home. I’m sure I could get scholarships to the other colleges, too but I don’t know about a full ride. So is he right? Should I stay home? He also mentioned that if I am not going to go to a prestigious school, then I should stay at the local college. He doesn’t see a point in going away and being on ur own unless u r going somewhere really “good” that’s worth it like HYP for example. He is one of those " if ur smart, u can be successful anywhere" type of people. Sorry for the long post and thx for reading!</p>
<p>Unless you get a full ride like those listed in <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships-19.html#post16145676[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships-19.html#post16145676</a> or <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1461983-competitive-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships-2.html#post15889078[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1461983-competitive-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships-2.html#post15889078</a> , the cost to go elsewhere will be significantly higher than the full ride you say you will get at (presumably) WVU. Would the WVU full ride cover room and board in the residence hall as well as tuition and books, or would you need to live at home for it to be a full ride (i.e. more like full tuition than full ride)?</p>
<p>Since college is about academic study, you need to evaluate the academic suitability of the various colleges in the context of their costs.</p>
<p>Living away from home for college does have the advantage of being a way to transition to living on your own. Living in the university residence hall as a frosh is also associated with higher graduation rates than living at home or in other off campus housing as a frosh. But these are secondary considerations to cost and academic suitability.</p>