Thank you so much for all of the feedback! To answer some of the questions I have been accepted to Binghamton University (which costs roughly $18,000- $20,000 ish) UMass Amherst (which would cost around $24,000) and UVM (which I believe to be in the $30,000 range? I might be wrong). Meanwhile the N.U. in Program at Northeastern would end up costing around $60,000. This is also including the abroad semester which is part of the program. The money coming into my family ranges every year because of the nature of my dad’s job. Sometimes we have good years, and other times not so much. This makes the decision that much harder. I might have to take out a number of loans if my family has a “bad” year while on the other hand, I might get lucky. I can say for sure that we aren’t rich and that the cost of the college definitely has to be considered.
I am also waiting to hear back from a lot of other schools. I reached for a lot of them (Northeastern was among the reaches) so I have no idea how the responses will be. It’s a long list… Would it help to post it?