no clue how to decide between 4! please help!

College Search & Selection
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<p>So, with about a week and a half left, I need to make a decision. and I can't.</p>

<p>I've gotten into about 6 or 7 schools but I've narrowed it down to these 4:</p>

<p>Texas A&M - $34,000
-- LOVE the warm and friendly people, huge school spirit
Georgia Tech - $29,000
-- serious education, but i'm not an engineer and i'm worried about a low GPA
Indiana University (Bloomington) - 38,000ish
-- school spirit too, top business school, liberal big town and good greek
University of Connecticut (my state school) - 22,000
-- blah. literally in the middle of no where.</p>

<p>I've gotten into all 4, and am going to be studying Business with possibly a pre-med track. i know indiana is like top 15 business schools in the nation, so that's a huge draw. a&m and gt are decent, with uconn bringing up the rear. </p>

<p>I have never wanted to go to UConn, but unfortunately its the cheapest school. my parents can afford 22,000, but after that, I have to take out personal loans to pay for the rest. uconn is the only school that leaves me debt-free, but I'm terrified of having a miserable 4 years. i hate the cold. the campus is ugly and muddy, hilly, old facilities. i hate being in the middle of nowhere (aka Storrs, CT, UConn's campus), i really don't like north-easterners and have always considered uconn as a settle school. i worked my ass of in high school only to get waitlisted at 5 top private schools, so i'm left with these 4 publics and no real chance at need-based aid cause i'm out of state. so, is indiana's kelley business school worth the 60,000 debt? what about 50,000 at a&m? i LOVE texas, and UTexas was my 1st choice all along, but i didn't get in because of super difficult oos acceptance %. georgia tech is actually the most affordable of the 3 out of states, with about only 8 or 9,000 of loans a year.</p>

<p>while obviously i want a serious education, i also want happy students and school spirit. uconn totally doesn't have the unity that a&m has, and i even found some of it at GT and indiana. but gt scares me because its such a difficult school, and i'll come out with a lower GPA than at the other 3 schools, lessening my chances at either med school or an mba. i also want to rush a sorority, and everything but uconn seems to have great social life (georgia tech is borderline). i dont know how on earth to decide between these 4!!</p>

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<p>I would choose Indiana - Bloomington’s a really great town!</p>

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<p>You should not go to a school you hate, regardless of money. (If you only “were neutral” or “slightly opposed” than money WOULD be an issue. Eliminate UConn.</p>

<p>Georgia Tech has its own campus but is in the middle of Atlanta. Your chances of forming a lot a school bonds (except at the sorority you hopefully will find) are not as good as the other two schools. Eliminate GIT.</p>

<p>Now you have two choices - both excellent. Both have good Greek systems. Both are well known. Indiana will probably have more out of staters from the East while A&M will have more out of staters from the South. Pick one of these.</p>

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<p>Probably not. You’d be better off spending that 60K on an MBA later. The problem with taking on a lot of debt is that everything needs to work out perfectly or you’re in big trouble. If you go to Indiana, graduate, get a super high paying job, you can quickly pay off the debt. But that’s a perfect-world scenario. If anything goes wrong, that 60K will be a huge burden to you, perhaps for DECADES. If you think I’m exaggerating, go ask some 40 year olds, see how many are still paying off student loans.</p>