<p>So right now, I down to my last threads, and I don't know what to do. Basically I can chose to go to my local state college TCNJ Honors with a crappy scholarship but instate tution or take a financial risk and go to University of Rochester. I appealed URoch's scholarship, and waiting for a response, but my current package is litteraly the bare minimum, a 6k scholarship and the standard $2625 unsubsidized stafford loan, which would mean I have to come with the remaining 38k. </p>
<p>URoch's comp sci program is a hell of lot better than TCNJ's not to mention that they have a 3-2 program, and I also want to go law school in which URoch has 88% placement compared to TCNJ's 66%. So I am undecided, can anyone give thier input.</p>
<p>$38,000 is a really big amount and there is definitely a big financial risk there..But it is true that the education you will get at the UofR can never be compared to that of TCNJ - </p>
<p>Ive seen many people pull through college with lots of loans, but they seemed pretty happy with it considering what they got out of their college. It is doable, just depends on if you can get a loan to cover that 38k without too much interest. Perhaps a family member? or maybe home equity loans...</p>
<p>i'd probably choose UR... but then again, im taking a financial risk myself by going to U of R, and im turning down a more prestigious place to do it. i also happened to apply to TCNJ, and while I like the school, there is no comparing what U of R can do for u as compared to TCNJ. look at the professor list, for example - half of them hail from places like harvard, princeton, MIT, Caltech, etc, etc. look at TCNJ's list - they all have ph.d's, but most of them come from university's that aren't really known for the program the proffessor got the degree in. what does that mean? that means that ur probably going to do research, especially with a 3-2. if u do research with a nationally known professor (and someone's got to be nationally known if they all went to such great places), ur looking at a huge spike in ur salary. and that more or less covers the difference in price.</p>