<p>I got into UCSB and Johns Hopkins for Electrical Computer Engineering and my family's' EFC is pretty high (55k). We are instate so UCSB would be alot cheaper and my parents have said that they would pay at max 30k a year no matter where I went. If I go to Johns Hopkins I would have to take (55k -30k -6k (my own savings))*4= ~76k in loans. Is it worth it IDK where I should go. I really don't want to go to UCSB because I've lived in SB all my life and alot of people from my HS go there and I feel I could of gotten in there with minimal effort.</p>
<p>Ahhh I’m in pretty much the same exact position, and I’m going for the cheaper, in-state school. In my case, I’m almost 100% sure I’m going to grad school, so it’s not really worth putting up with debt from undergrad PLUS all that grad school debt.</p>
<p>Keep your money, you’ll need it later. Didn’t you apply to any other UC’s ???</p>
<p>Wasn’t UCSB one of the schools everyone was complaining about not getting into this year? At any rate - getting in is not the ultimate goal, graduating with honors/good connections/excellent recommendations is - you have obviously prepared yourself to do well. Save your money and enjoy the CA sunshine!</p>
<p>I got rejected from all the other UCs I applied to (UCLA UCB UCSD UCI). That is why its either UCSB or JHU for me.</p>
<p>And I didn’t get into the UCSB honors program.</p>
<p>@Bchan1
Wouldn’t JHU offer better connections than UCSB and wouldn’t I have the opportunity to get better recommendations because the student to staff ratio is so much smaller.</p>
<p>I would also like to go to JHU because I would be able to wrestle there(which is my sport).</p>
<p>I assume you have $6,000 in savings and not $24,000, so you can only subtract the $6,000 for the first year. There will also be costs associated with traveling across country for school. So you are looking at closer to $100,000 for undergrad which is too much. The other consideration is that you will not qualify for loans that high by yourself, due to your EFC you won’t qualify for any subsidized loans, and you would need to get a co-signer. It doesn’t seem that JHU is an affordable option for you.</p>
<p>No I have 24k. I’ve factored flight costs into the 56k as well.</p>
<p>Maybe you should do an overnight at UCSB and give it a chance. It is a huge school and you may not even see the kids from your HS there. Also, it can be really nice to be close to home.</p>
<p>OP, one thing you might want to consider is that JH is engaged in a “grade deflation” effort. They told us that during a visit last summer. Have you been to JH?</p>
<p>^I’m not going to grad school, so I don’t really care.
Anyways 3.2 average GPA is still alot higher than average GPA at state schools.</p>
<p>Whether you will make better connections at a given school is not just a factor of faculty ratios at those schools, your situation within that academic universe figures into the equation. Debt, and needing to constantly put monetary considerations above academic ones, could hinder your opportunities no matter how low that ratio. Right now you don’t know who you might end up working with at either school - but you do know that one school involves a lot of financial juggling. At JHU there will be a good number of students who don’t have to work - they will be more available than you will for meetings, research, informal get togethers that lead to a growing network of connection both in and beyond college. At JHU you will be in a great school, but your eye on the bottom line will keep you from some of the richness surrounding you - such is often the reality of the scholarship kid at the pricey, selective school.</p>
<p>excellent advice, bchan1.</p>
<p>meteman - For EE/Computer Architecture, UCB is a flat out better school that Johns Hopkins. No disrespect to Hopkins, which is an excellent school (a cut above UCB overall, in my opinion) - but certainly not for your intended major, and it’s not close. UCB has an excellent program, completely top tier. The connections will be far better at UCB, because it’s part of the top tier for your field. This is a very small circle, and UCB is in it.</p>
<p>So UCB wins in both cost and quality. But only you and your family can decide whether the life experience is worth the extra dollars.</p>
<p>I never knew the UC’s were that good. USSB is better than Hopkins now!?</p>
<p>^^^ Since you’re referring to my post, let me clarify. For this particular field, UCB is among the very best - the very, very, very best. And Hopkins isn’t.</p>
<p>I did not get into UCB. I got rejected there.
Its either UCSB or JHU for me.</p>
<p>Oooops, I’m sorry; I misread that as UCB!</p>
<p>Maybe Cal Poly SLO has some space? It would be cheaper and you could get away from the HS people. Baltimore is too cold. And loans can become hard to pay back.</p>
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