<p>I will get ~25k in loans for the entire year</p>
<p>What’s your in-state option? If you live in Illinois and got into UIUC, it’s not really worth it to pay OOS for Tech. If you live in Rhode Island and your alternative is URI, then Tech might be worth the cost.</p>
<p>No. If you’ll graduate with more debt than one year of tuition is worth…then it’s not worth it.</p>
<p>would it be worth it if I get into the 5 year masters for AE? Here’s one of the things I’ve been thinking about doing: 2 years at georgia tech and apply for honors, if i get in I’ll stay at tech, if I’ll attend U-Mich as a transfer student(it is in state for me. I was wait listed this year. for the sake of this scenario, assume I get in). Is it worth the shot?</p>
<p>I’m still unsure because the other instate school I applied too cost little but is WAY below georgia tech for engineering. Ug. only a week left.</p>
<p>If you get into Michigan - go to Michigan.</p>
<p>I concur with G.P.Burdell. Our school is great, especially for aerospace engineering, but if you already have an excellent in-state university as an option, there’s no need to take up around $25,000 in loans to come here.</p>
<p>Since most of your upper division major will will be done in your last two years you could always attend an in-state school to save money and then transfer to U. Mich. You would still end up with a degree from Michigan and without the debt of OOS Tech.</p>
<p>I also am inquiring about Georgia Tech. First of all, if I do not go to Georgia Tech, I plan on attending my state school, UCSB. There obviously is not much of a difference from an academic standpoint, with UCSB even being much more selective from an admissions standpoint. I got into the school of engineering, but am not sure if engineering is going to be my desired field. That being said, it would seem like UCSB is the safer choice. Any thoughts?</p>
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<p>Don’t get me wrong, UCSB has a well-known theoretical physics program for example, but to say that it’s more selective than GT is probably wrong. The applicants are highly self-selective that apply to here. You get tons of people in California who just want to get into a UC applying so every one of those universities looks selective.</p>
<p>That said, of course your state school will be the “safer” option. The question is are you willing to take on more risk for potentially more return?</p>