<p>I like gt and vt more than UVA and other less notables where I was also accepted. I live in va so vt will be 18G/yr while gt will be 38G/yr... I'm going into engineering (undecided, probably ME) and I'm trying to decide whether or not gt is worth graduating with all the debt? I could coop at gt, but that would only dent the debt down to ~55G more (assuming no cooping at vt) Trying to figure out whether gt's recognition is worth all that money or not? </p>
<p>P.S. I'm not getting any financial aid, and I'm accepted to vt's honors program and honors housing... And this is freshman undergrad.</p>
<p>I second VT. The honors program at VT will be plenty difficult. You don’t want to go through the meat grinder of GT while drowning yourself in debt. Get some really good grades at VT, and apply to GT for grad school.</p>
<p>Identical situation for d, but add in Maryland ($5,000/year presidents + Gemstone Honors) and Cornell. Don’t qualify for fin. aid anywhere, but can’t afford to pay EFC OOS. VA residency, eng. undecided. D is worried VT is not as well-rounded as UVA out of major, but wonders if UVA eng. can compare w/VT. Thoughts? Also, any opinions of Maryland eng/gemstone vs. VT honors? Maryland would cost >$50,000 more than VT over 5 years.
Also, can anyone speak to how well each of these schools supports women in engineering?</p>
<p>Take the money and don’t look back. If you need more convincing, run the numbers through this calculator, and think about just exactly how hard it will be for you to come up with the difference: [FinAid</a> | Calculators | Award Letter Comparison Tool](<a href=“Your Guide for College Financial Aid - Finaid”>Award Letter Requirements - Finaid)</p>
<p>To the OP, GT is a great school, but not 80K better than VT. If you do well at VT in the engineering program you won’t regret having a degree from there. And you will thank yourself many times over when you aren’t in debt after you are done. 18K for an engineering degree from VT is an absolute steal imho. Also, and I am just going to throw this one out there, should you go into engineering at GT and find it isn’t for you (either academically or cramps your social style :)) you would be stuck at an OOS school and paying for it or you would need to transfer. If that same scenario happened at VT, you could find another major that you liked and still be at an affordable in state school. Just my two pennies.</p>
<p>XYX4me, one of the best young ladies I ever taught in school is at VT in engineering as a freshman right now. She loves it and is doing tremendously well; I saw her over spring break. She joined a sorority and has really blossomed. Her little sister is Blacksburg bound for this incoming class as well. She is going into engineering, too, so big sis must have had a great experience with that major so far- they are very close. Also, I would dispel the idea that Tech isn’t well-rounded. That used to be the case; Tech had the rep for being just an engineering/arch/technological school, but boy has that changed in the last couple of decades! Business, the sciences, and agricultural/natural resource areas have really taken on a huge presence at VT. A lot of really sharp kids in all of those fields!</p>
<p>Good luck to all of you as you make your decisions!</p>