<p>If you have your heart set on teaching, I would recommend going to a State school within the state you wish to teach in and save your parents a lot of money. In the state I live in, the only thing that matters is your certification from the state itself and your transcript since it is very competitive to get a job in some areas of the state. I know of one instance where a teacher from an Ivy did not get the job she was going for within the district I teach in because she may have been intelligent but had no teaching skills. If you have what it takes, you will get a job and if your schoolong is within your own state, you do not have to recertify.</p>