Coming down to the wire!!!

College Search & Selection
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<p>Guys I need help with my college decision. I want to major in Aerospace engineering. My options are as follows:</p>

<p>Ohio State: Full cost of attendance scholarship, (Eminence Fellows), Exclusive one on one mentoring and research opportunities, Honors College,</p>

<p>Michigan: Would need to take up about 40-60k of personal debt there. Got a scholarship for $45k over four years.</p>

<p>Notre Dame: No financial aid package yet, but loved the campus and the student experience there. About $120k personal debt.</p>

<p>Virginia Tech: Accepted into the Honors College, would have little to no personal debt to go there, parents would pay for mostly everything ~$22k/year.</p>

<p>My question is, is it worth to turn down such a prestigious scholarship at OSU to pursue one of my other schools? Is UMich or VT's program worth the extra debt? Also is it worth to go over $100k in debt to go to my dream school? Any thoughts would be extremely helpful. Thanks!</p>

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<p>In my opinion having to pay off triple figure debt after college is not worth it. Granted I haven’t even been to college yet, so what can I say, but for me, I’d rather not have to pay off the equivalent of a small mortgage right out of college.</p>

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<p>Go with Ohio State, ND and UM aren’t worth those amounts of money.</p>

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<p>Go Buckeyes!</p>

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<p>Why “No financial aid package yet”? Did they say one is forthcoming?</p>

<p>Is it that your parents would like to see VT? Would they help as much at UM?</p>

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<p>My parents can afford to pay around $30k a year</p>

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<p>“I want to major in Aerospace engineering”</p>

<p>This is what makes it a little difficult. However, I’m thinking in the back of my mind about the early 1970’s when people said aerospace engineers couldn’t find jobs. IDK.</p>