<ol>
<li>HYPS:</li>
<li>A state U:</li>
<li>A private U, not HYPS:</li>
</ol>
<p>Please answer as though YOU, not your parents or anyone else, will pay the actual expense.</p>
<p>How much debt will you personally bear?</p>
<p>For all
up to 40k in debt</p>
<p>Let me add - please list the state where you have residency status.</p>
<p>You won’t be in debt for private.</p>
<p>if i love the school and i think it will do a lot for me i’ll pay whatever i need to. i’ll have help</p>
<p>Not counting what my parents are paying, I’ll graduate with about 24k in student loans I think. In-state.</p>
<p>As much as my parents would pay.</p>
<ol>
<li> $0 (if I get in, they’d better pay me to go)</li>
<li> $0 (if I have to go to Maryland, it had better not cost me anything)</li>
<li> $25,000 - $40,000 (my EFC is 0)</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>$0. They should pay me to go!</li>
<li>$0. Actually, I would have gone into $12,000 worth of debt if I went to UMass Amherst for four years.</li>
<li>$50,000. Rule of thumb is not to take more debt than what you will be earning in your first year after getting a job out of college.</li>
</ol>
<p>Any one else?</p>
<ol>
<li>None.</li>
<li>$15,000</li>
<li>$40,000</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li> I wouldn’t go since I’m not qualified and would get stomped.</li>
<li> None</li>
<li> 40k or so.</li>
</ol>
<p>Back when I was considering colleges, I was willing to go $20K and no more for any of those three – preferably under $15K. </p>
<p>NC as state of residency.</p>
<p>50,000 for first 1
2: $0
pay me to go
3. $0 pay me to go too</p>
<p>Noles, looks like in Fl. kids are going to be incurring more debt now that state tuitions are going up, uncovered by Bright Futures.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>I prob. will never go to an Ivy anyways, but if I smart enough I think I should get good aid. It would be the same as depending on prestige.</p></li>
<li><p>$0. I could go to college in my state for free (tuition) why would I want loans?</p></li>
<li><p>$10,000-$20,000</p></li>
</ol>
<p>
Is anyone else surprised by these comments? I could understand that entitled attitude from a prospective graduate student, but from a prospective undergrad…</p>
<p>Well, a bit of reality for the CC…I am paying for my two kids to go to Florida State, one of the lowest cost state flagship schools in the United States. Both received generous state scholarships. We had prepaid tuition. I still, mostly to cover living expenses such as rent, dorms, food and incidentals, incurred about $22K in student loan debt, per kid, for the 4 years of undergrad school. No, they don’t buy a computer every year (got a new one at entry) or drive BMW, Acura or Lexus automobiles.</p>
<p>College will likely be more expensive than you think. Prepare, work, save and then save some more. Minimize your debt as much as you can. Large debt will become a weight around your neck for years later.</p>
<p>Zero debt usually translates to a student who has searched, applied themselves athletically and/or academically and achieved academic, athletic or merit scholarships or is willing to go to a community college and then transfer or a state institution to be fiscally responsible and start off their career with a positive note financially.</p>
<p>Given the economic state, it seems to be the prudent way to go.</p>
<p>Well, those comments don’t surprise me. If I’m going to go in-state, I had better graduate for FREE. If I’m going to incur debt, I want it to be at a college I want to attend - which would definitely NOT be in state. Also, if I get into an Ivy, I’d essentially go for free because of my family’s income anyways.</p>