Is the money being saved by applying to IRL instead of the college of arts and sciences as a gov major worth it? I do not know what exactly I want to do in the future, but I either want to work in DC or be a lawyer. Money is not a huge issue, but having less student debt would be helpful. Is the extra tuition worth it for the regular college? (the cornell in DC program interests me a lot)
Do you have an idea of how much (if any) aid you will get? My D got the in-state break on tuition, so we were full pay. However if attending one of the “endowed” colleges we would have gotten aid to get the price down to approximately the Contract college price.
Not much if any aid, best case scenario will probably be 10k in need based.
If you get 10K, now you are talking about a $7,000 a year difference, better than 17K difference.
Ill use their npc for a better estimate
You need to carefully review the ILR program and all the requirements. Also review all the distribution requirements for the College of Arts & Sciences (it’s not the “regular” college). Either one of these majors will get you where you want to go. So you should apply to the one you would be most happy to spend four years in. It will also help if you visit and attend the info sessions for ILR and A&S.
The ILR program is great for the pre-law track and will prepare you for it. Also, it is very easy to minor if you are ILR, so you could always get a minor in government. The ILR program also has one of the best career services on campus and is great in internship placement.
I just asked my former APUSH teacher (Cornell alum) what his opinion was and he highly recommended the ILR program to save money. Im getting little need based aid and my parents aren’t contributing much money to college so Ill have to take out private loans.
@2016Senior – in case you have not heard this elsewhere, you will only be allowed to borrow $5500 in your own name your first year. That amount increases by $500 annually. Your parents will have to borrow any amount in excess of $5500.
I agree that for a NYS resident, ILR makes so much sense, even if you didn’t have to borrow money.