<p>i am making a decision of what school should i go to
my major is bioengineering. i got accepted by osu and stony brook.
for stony brook,as a in state student i just have to pay 6k/year (16k for total but 11k for financial aid grants & scholarship).
for osu i have to pay 12k (33k total, i got 21k for scholarship, financial aid grants and work study).
osu is #56 and sb is #99
i dont know if stony brook is really bad compare to osu or they are just in same level.
need help</p>
<p>If you want to stay in NY, I’d say Stony Brook. It definitely has a good reputation here. The only thing I’d be concerned about is that there are a lot of commuters compared to most schools. Stony Brook is really great for sciences though!</p>
<p>i think i will be one of the commuters too…if go to sb i may going back to home in nyc once a week.
but despite location,is ohio really much better than stony brook?</p>
<p>I think the experiences you would get would be totally different.</p>
<p>OSU is not really a commuter school - there are commuters, but the school is gigantic. There’s a lot of school spirit and stuff going on, and I would not necessarily say the same about Stony Brook. I think more important here is the environment.</p>
<p>If you can afford the extra 6K a year, I would say OSU.</p>
<p>6K extra = 24K over 4 years which actually is not bad for the OSU experience. I concur with avenlea it will be a totally different experience. Not as much academically as socially. If you can afford OSU it is not an unreasonable choice. If it will be paid by all loans then I might reconsider. This would depend on what you plan to do for grad school etc.</p>
<p>OP, you will have to come up with $48K over four years for tOSU. Can your family afford that? Would it all be debt left to you? If so that’s too much. Stafford loan limits are ~27K and that’s about as high as I would recommend.</p>
<p>i think the money would be affordable, consider osu has a lot of working chances(everyone told me this,is it real?) and i can apply extra scholarship. but if i dont get work/scholarship, which means pay all 48k by loan, how much would i need to return(with interest)?</p>
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<p>Somewhere around $550/month over 10 years - figure rental for an apartment over that time.</p>
<p>thx.but let’s despite money and location for a second.
my major is bioengineering, i am going to undergraduate now, my target would be ivy school for graduate.
the problem is, would ohio make a big difference compare to stony brook? i mean, would go to ohio for undergraduate gives me a much greater chance to get into ivy school for graduate? or it’s just the same as stony brook?</p>
<p>Stony Brook is not a huge drop off academically. It’s arguably the best State U in New York and very well respected.</p>