<p>Mom2collegekids you are an angel! What you are saying is making sense to me. To answer your question about Loras…yes she was give a large merit scholarship of $14000, along with grants and a small loan…</p>
<p>Loras was her her first choice, until we talked to the program director at Illinois State. Their program is superior at illinois state University. But given the cost difference we may have to rethink this. Hubby and I can probably afford to pay about $10,000 a year, so she would be walking out with some large debt. </p>
<p>Let me ask you a question: How much bearing does the undergrad school have on a student getting into a graduate program. If she goes to Loras, but wants to get into a Big 10 school for her Masters, is she going to have a problem? That is the other reason why we are considering Illinois State. They have a graduate degree program in her area.</p>
<p>Ughhh, we had college all paid for until 7 years ago when the tech bubble burst and we lost everything (long time unemployed, etc…same story for too many others)</p>