<p>A free ride might suggest those schools value you highly. Will they be able to offer you any additional perks that will enhance your undergraduate degree?
Schools look to their top students to help put them on the map. Will internships be easy to come by? Will they help groom you for top awards? WIll they help pay for study abroad? </p>
<p>Do your more expensive choices offer scholarships to sophmores and juniors who excel? Could this possibly be you? Are you willing to be an RA? All questions to ask financial aid people.</p>