@privatebanker Thanks again. This site gets a lot of hate but people like you are really helpful, now I know what type of factors to consider and how to go about the decisions process. ??
@shaash - There is a handy calculator at Finaid.org that includes not just the financials, but also other factors that might be of interest to you. http://www.finaid.org/calculators/awardletteradvanced.phtml You can use it as a model for sorting through the things that do matter.
If you are interested in AL/ML you should make a side-by-side comparison of the undergraduate classes you would take at each college.
@Rivet2000
That sounds like a good idea as well, I’ll get on that for sure. Thanks