<p>Thank you guys. </p>
<p>Thanks for the link happy mom, it was really interesting. </p>
<p>As for the debt part, right now I would be sitting on about $13k a year in debt. That does not factor in my work earnings, or outside scholarships though, so it could easily be $10k.
However, $10k is still a bit high, but I’m going to see if Tulane is willing to work with me, aka give me a few thousand more. A guy I know that is a little older than me (ended up not going to Tulane though) told me on Facebook that he was able to get a few thousand more from Tulane by asking to be reviewed after 1st semester grades came out. I sent Tulane an email and a letter yesterday, politely explaining my situation and asking if there might be unused scholarship funds. </p>
<p>I’m a little late in the ball game, but hey it is worth a shot. Ideally, I can minimize my debt to about <$5k a year, but we will have to wait and see. Anywhere from $6-10k a year in debt would be hard for me to take Tulane, but it would still be a consideration. </p>
<p>I know that OSU and Tulane are very close academically and I like both of them for different reasons. </p>
<p>I like the rah-rah atmosphere of OSU and I love the size of OSU, so many people, over 1000 clubs to choose from, etc…
Big con is I am from Ohio and would like to leave. I don’t hate it here, I just want something new. </p>
<p>I really like NOLA, so that certainly helps Tulane. I’m interested in Political Science, so taking a class or two for James Carville would be pretty nice too.
Sports scene is meh, and Tulane could be bigger but I have New Orleans at my doorstep so that is really cool. </p>
<p>But I’m trying to decide based off of academics. It appears OSU’s b-school has a higher ranking than Tulane’s, but I hear wonderful things about TU’s finance program and it has pretty good placement with energy trading in TX. Which, to me, sounds pretty interesting. Plus the economy is booming in the South/TX.
While overall things are kind of stagnant in the rust belt, Columbus is doing alright with a lot of solid white collar jobs available.</p>
<p>So this is all kind of tentative, Tulane may be really generous and throw a good amount of money at me. Or they could give me nothing and I would probably take the OSU route. I’ll have to wait and see.
This college choice is going to come down to the wire haha. </p>
<p>Thanks guys</p>