Please Help- I don't know what to do!

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hey everybody,</p>

<p>So for the past few weeks I have been planning on attending Carnegie Mellon, where I would eventually plan to graduate with an undergraduate business degree from Tepper. Last night, however, I was accepted off the waitlist from McGill University in Canada for the BCommerce program. </p>

<p>Both are great schools, and I am very aware of that. I know that Tepper is really good with recruitment and jobs post-graduation and all, and is pretty small, allowing for smaller class sizes too, and good opportunities to get to know your professors. </p>

<p>I come from an upper middle class family, and we did not get much financial aid from Carnegie Mellon. Being a twin, and the oldest of four kids, going to CMU would put a major financial burden on my parents. </p>

<p>I am, however, a Canadian citizen, which allows me to get the Canadian rate for attending McGill- which would probably be possibly up to $25-30k less than attending Carnegie Mellon, a HUGE difference.</p>

<p>I have fallen in love with Carnegie Mellon the past few weeks- its got a great program with some uniqueness, and the school has a lot of things I want in a college.<br>
When I visited the McGill campus, I didn't really like it at all. McGill is also a huge school- there are 600 kids A YEAR in just the Bcommerce program (opposite of Tepper with less than like 90), which I'm sure will make for extreme competition (even after I've selected a major), and obviously means there will be huge class sizes</p>

<p>I know both schools are really good. CMU has alot of the things that I'm looking for, but I know McGill would really be the financial choice. I don't know what to do. Any advice?</p>

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<p>I recently visited McGill and also didn’t like it–I heard that they’ve been resting on their laurels for a while and it’s starting to show. My advice would be that if you really didn’t like McGill, don’t go there. Unless you think it is worth saving the money to be unhappy for 4 years, I would say go with CMU.</p>

<p>Also on a side note, I know someone who goes to McGill and while she loves it, she says it’s really hard to get the classes you want, which might cause you to have to enroll in an extra semester or year (worst case scenario) if you couldn’t complete all the credits for your major. </p>

<p>Like I said, it sounds like CMU is a much better fit for you so if your family can make it work, definitely go there.</p>