<p>so the national deadline for deposits is may 1st... thursday... and i still have no idea where i am going!</p>
<p>I got accepted to Loyola University Chicago no problem, it was my backup school, and received $8500 a year from the school towards tuition. I was totally fine with going there, even excited, but then i found out that i not only got accepted to, but received a scholarship from my dream school which is NYU. So whats the problem right? I am planning on majoring in social work... meaning i am only going to earn between $30,000 and $40,000 a year after i graduate. This isn't a problem to me as I don't believe that money is overly important, but the issue lies in the fact that if I attend NYU I will graduate with between 60-80,000 dollars of debt (this is despite my parents pitching in everything they can, 25,000 a year, and the 10,000 a year scholarship I received). Both schools have good programs and no matter where I go I am going to be getting my masters in 5 years and a degree which gets me a job which pays about the same. I'm afraid that the "logical" choice would be to go to loyola, where i would only be dealing with around 15,000 dollars of debt upon graduation, but my heart still tells me that I will regret not going to NYU, and feel like I am not reaching my full potential, especially knowing that I was one of the mere 400 students out of the 5000 accepted (with their around 30% acceptance rate) to get a scholarship. I have done an immense amount of research and am completely torn... NYU is my dream school, but Loyola is close to home and much cheaper... I would consider goign to community college and transferring to NYU but I have had a horrible year and really am just looking to get away asap!</p>
<p>any advice?!!!</p>