How Much Debt is Too Much for Cornell?

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<p>Hello everyone, I've been reading the forums for a while now but this is my first post:</p>

<p>I'd really love to go to school at Cornell for engineering in the fall but it looks like I'm going to have to take out about 40-50k in loans over the four years. Is that too much, especially since I'm planning to go to grad school? Or would it be better to go 10k into debt and go in-state to somewhere like CU Boulder? </p>

<p>Also, I've been wondering, in general, is there like an unspoken rule as to how much debt is too much for college?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance for any info and help!</p>

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<p>i’ve been wondering about this too… well according to what i’ve heard/read
i think if you want to go to med school specifically, then going in state would be better… but things like grad/law school, the name weighs a little more in significance? so people tend to just go to the best school they got into
but then again, cornell engineering is supposed to be like top in the country, isn’t it?
i think if i go to cornell, i’m gonna be about 30k in debt after 4 years…</p>

<p>i guess it’s comforting in the fact that you’re not gonna be the only one with money to pay back after all of this… lol</p>

<p>idk how much help this is to you since i’m sort of in a similar position</p>

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<p>actually, read this thread:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/74461-cornell-worth-debt.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/74461-cornell-worth-debt.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>i think based on these people’s posts, 30k-50k debt after 4 years is ok… but if you take into account interest rates and all that technical stuff, it might end up to be a little more</p>

<p>but that’s sort of inevitable when dealing with loans…</p>

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<p>You’re still going into debt even at CU Boulder…I would probably go to Cornell even if I have to pay more for the loans after graduate</p>

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<p>I will be an estimated 25K in debt after 4 years and I think it’s worth it 100%.</p>

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<p>If the loans are under 50-60k, I think I would choose Cornell.</p>