<p>Alright, I know I already made a thread asking for help about my college choices, and I thought I had made my decision, but I'm having second thoughts...</p>
<p>My top two are:</p>
<p>University of Minnesota- 18K a year.
University of Colorado at Boulder Honors- 32K first year, and 18K after that. </p>
<p>I want to major in political science, and possibly double major with that and geography or urban studies. After that, I want to either go to law school or grad school in whatever I major in. My family will be in Colorado, so it would be nice to be a little closer, but it's not the end of the world if I'm not. If you're wondering about my financial situation and location, I live in Florida right now, but I'll be moving to Colorado soon... but I still have to pay OOS for the first year. And at UMinn I have a scholarship that gets me in-state tuition. </p>
<p>I'm incredibly torn between this decision because CU is closer and I'll be in the Honors program, but UMinn is cheaper and ranked higher. And I love both Boulder and Minneapolis.... so I really don't know what to do at this point. </p>
<p>One thing I like more about UMinn is that it had a record number of applicants this year, it jumped 10 spots in the national university rankings, and it’s reputation seems to be growing in general. CU seems somewhat stagnant as far as growth goes… but do you think the Honors program will make up for that?</p>
<p>Who has told you that you’ll qualify for in-state tuition after your first year? It may be accurate, but in many states you must be a resident of the state for one year PRIOR to enrolling in any college in order to be classified as in-state for tuition.</p>
<p>The admissions people…that is the law in Colorado, in that you have to be there a year to establish residency for tuition purposes. So for the first year while my family is establishing residency, I’ll be paying OOS. But after that, we will have satisfied that requirement.</p>