<p>vig, this has already been said, but - just apply. you're not bound to attending and you might be pleasantly surprised at your aid package.</p>
<p>good luck!</p>
<p>Woody Woo...<em>sigh</em></p>
<p>But yeah, ever since I found out you can't get an econ certificate, I've been a bit bummed on my bum. Still, Woody Woo will (hopefully) rock, if we can get in. As far as the house thing goes, they don't take into account how much your house costs or home equity (how much you've been paying on it), which is good for people who've lived in a 100K house (or any figure, really) and have paid most if not all of it off. Generally it means more aid for those peeps. And more aid = :D</p>
<p>phil, dude, economics really IS your field :p</p>
<p>Princeton's endowment is NOT $19 billion, its $10 billion. No matter, it still has more money per student than any other college in the U.S. and presumably the world. With such funds Princeton can provide the most generous financial aid package, better than any other ivy, stanford or mit.</p>
<p>i started to reconsider princeton too after i got an early read on my financial aid and it didn't come back so well...however, this is what i thought, there's only one place like princeton and i just wouldn't be as happy anywhere else.</p>
<p>so i applied early decision, and got accepted!</p>
<p>so now i'm applying for about a billion scholarships on fastweb, getting a job, etc. and hey, the easiest loans to pay off are student loans. plus, the job that you'll get graduating from princeton will more than pay back anything you have to borrow.</p>
<p>hope i could help, and i say apply anyway!</p>
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<p>Beg to differ. Student loans cripple you before you even set foot on your first post-undergraduate job. You start out your working career already in debt - that's not easy, especially when you're just adjusting to your first job, buying a house, settling down...
But why do you have a student loan if you were accepted ED to Princeton?</p>
<p>I also have to take out loans, because the financial aid they gave me doesn't actually cover it all.</p>
<p>ha! i wish, mercurysquad. Now I don't even know if I'm going to even take any econ classes in college. But we'll save that hair-puller for later ;)</p>
<p>Btw, congrats pegdiver! Judging by your post count, I don't believe I've seen you around before. You've joined an awesome forum. See you in about eight-and-a-half months :)</p>
<p>sorry, gianievve, if i wasn't clear. i didn't meant to imply that paying back a student loan was easy. but paying back a student loan (with lower interest rates) for an awesome education that sets you up for a good job seems easier than going to a second rate school, with the chance of not getting the job you hoped for, and needing to take out loans to pay for a house, car, etc. but that's just my opinion. oh and i don't have out any loans yet, but unless (if by some miracle) i get all the scholarships i'm applying for, i'll be starting to take them out next year.</p>
<p>thanks, philntex!</p>
<p>No matter what, I still aggree with the CCer that said "Princeton is an investment." Theres no doubt that the education an undergraduate will receive at Princeton will be superb, and that the doors a Princeton diploma will open for graduate school will be well worth it. Afterall, you WILL be attending what is currently ranked the #1 school in the nation (USNews). Once you graduate, even if you are dirt poor, nobody will ever be able to take away your Princeton diploma, and to me, it's well worth it.</p>
<p>what do u mean you can't get an econ certificate at Pton?</p>
<p>The econ department only offers a concentration, not a certificate (aka a minor).</p>
<p>so you mean it's only a major, not a minor, or do you mean it's only a minor, not a major?</p>
<p>It's only a major/concentration. You can get a certificate/minor in finance, but that's pretty much the closest thing.</p>