Yes it’s worth it! The Brookings Institution just released a report that found Rose-Hulman one of the top 5 schools in the nation in terms of the value added for its students. Read this: http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports2/2015/04/29-beyond-college-rankings-rothwell-kulkarni
No school is worth $160-200K in debt. Rose Hulman is a great engineering school, but coming out of undergrad with that debt load is a bad decision.
I think the suggestion in your previous thread to take a gap year and work was a good one. Reapply for admission in 2016. You have strong stats and can have more choices that way.
Asking the same questions won’t get you different suggestions. $160,000 is too much. Can your parents even qualify for the loans?
Also, did you ask RH why you didn’t get any aid or scholarship?
No school is worth a large amount of debt.
UAH has an advantage in internships with Redstone Arsenal and NASA offices close by.
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Exactly!
Also a lot of private government contract firms in large research park (across the street from UAH) - with jobs on and off Redstone Arsenal.
Absolutely not. Go to Mississippi State. If you don’t like it, try to transfer elsewhere after the first year or so.
I am having a very hard time deciding between my local state school, Mississippi State, which will cost me almost 10k per year or Rose-Hulman which will cost me around 50k per year. I am just not sure if Rose-Hulman is worth the extra 160k in debt. I would appreciate it if anyone could offer me any insight or opinions.
I am having a very hard time deciding between my local state school, Mississippi State, which will cost me almost 10k per year or Rose-Hulman which will cost me around 50k per year. I am just not sure if Rose-Hulman is worth the extra 160k in debt. I would appreciate it if anyone could offer me any insight or opinions.
Are you someone who has experienced $200,000 in debt as a 24 year old?
If Ole Miss, Miss State, and Auburn are all affordable then you have solid colleges to choose from. I would put Auburn a bit above the other two for physics and CS.
Do not follow the advice about planning to transfer. Merit aid is much more limited (and often non-existent) for transfers.
If your parents are only willing to pay 20% of RHI, then why wd they cosign a loan for the other 80%? They’d essentially be on the hook for all of that 80%.
@bikebelle , Value-Added surveys often favor schools that are focused narrowly on STEM fields, such at RHIT or Missouri S&T. Universities that offer a broad range of studies graduate students in more diverse, and less well paid professions. I imagine that a college that focused on petroleum engineering would perform fabulously, and it would be perfect for the aspiring petroleum engineer.