<p>I have less than one week to decide between 2 colleges for where I'll be attending the next four years at. The problem is, I don't know which one to pick!</p>
<p>School A - </p>
<p>Offered me $9.5k in loans this year (so assuming about $38k total if I go through w/out a job.)
They are known to be ranked much high academically, and for example stand in top 60's on US ranking list.
Haven't visited, but I still feel like I'd fit in.</p>
<p>School B - </p>
<p>Offered me $4.3k in loans this year (so assuming about $17.2k total if I go through w/out a job.)
They are less known for academics, and for example stand around the top 180's on US ranking list.
Have visited, and feel like I'd fit in.</p>
<p>By the way, I am going in pre-med which both are known for (but A more than B) and thus, hopefully will be attending medical school. </p>
<p>So I guess my real question is, how much debt is too much debt to attend a school known that is supposed to have a better academics. What do you think would be the better choice?</p>
<p>I have read those, but this doesn’t really seem so clear cut. I think my real question is if $40k is too much to go into compared to going to a lesser known school for about $20k less.</p>
<p>go to the cheaper school since you think you can fit in at both schools. A top 60 school is not what most people would think of as a top academic school</p>
<p>^even that depends. How much of a financial burden is it? If you can easily afford the higher cost then it doesn’t really matter.</p>
<p>None of us know (or care to know) the details of your family’s financials, but why don’t you ask them how either tuition affects their ability to finance your medical school education and decide based on that.</p>
<p>Brown…we can tell something about the financial situation by the fact that the student is taking out loans. Or at least we can tell that the family is allowing/expecting the student to take out loans. The bottom line is that one school will result in more loans that the student will have to pay for…and those loans will likely grow while in undergrad and in med school.</p>
<p>School-wide ranking means little. There’s a univ by my home that is ranked around 115 or so. But, it’s quite strong in the STEM majors, so perfectly fine for a pre-med student. It wouldn’t be the choice of a French Lit major or Classics major, but it’s fine for the typical STEM/English/History/etc premed student.</p>
<p>Good point. Between my family’s financials and my current training program I will admit I’m the worst person to talk about aid.</p>
<p>I do still stand by the sentiment though that debt is different from cost. Definitely want to minimize debt but don’t always have to minimize cost.</p>