<p>Both are public state schools, and I plan on pursuing a major in either Economics or Statistics. I LOVE living in a city, and definitely love big schools.</p>
<p>I don't want to state names for privacy reasons but both are ranked about the same, within the top 60 schools.</p>
<p>Paying for college isn't really an issue, but... who doesn't like to save?</p>
<p>School A (out-of-state)
Pros:
- Honors college
- Nationally ranked SLIGHTLY higher than school B, with great programs in business and law (which I have potential interest in)
- HUGE active student body in an up-and-coming city with lots of events going on all the time (including school sporting events, which are huge here)
- Awesome nightlife with a balance of good academics
- My dad graduated from here, and I lived here until I was about 9
- 3 hours away from home; close enough if I need to come back, but far enough to be independent and meet new people</p>
<p>Cons:
- My boyfriend goes there, and I'm not sure if we'll make it through the year. Some people might not consider this a con, but at this point I'm not 100% sure if this is putting any bias on my inclination toward the school. If we break up though, it's a HUGE school and it would be fine.
- Not really a con since payment isn't a problem, but who doesn't want to save money? At this school, I would be paying around $33,000 a year.
- There are honestly no other cons that I can think of right now</p>
<p>School B (in-state):
Pros:
- Not in the honors college, but anyone can take honors courses
- Security of knowing for a fact that my boyfriend isn't influencing me
- Good nightlife
- Big student body, although it has about 18,000 fewer people than the other school
- My mom works for a company owned by the school, so I can save $10,000 a year on top of in-state tuition. Total, I would be paying around $18,000 a year at this school (room and board included)</p>
<p>Cons:
- Not really good for anything that isn't science or medicine related, and I'm AWFUL at science (biology, chemistry, etc.) so I know that I'm not majoring in anything like that
- Programs in economics and statistics aren't that great; like I said, it's mainly good for things like biology and chemistry. Engineering is alright too, but I'm not interested.
- Business school is ranked MUCH lower than the other school's, and law school is on a similar level
- TOO close to home. It's literally located in the same city that I live in now, and I feel like I wouldn't really be becoming the independent person I was hoping I'd be
- I feel like I've already explored the city and I just want to be somewhere new, while at this school annually receives a lot of students from my high school</p>