<p>lonestardad, I'm definitely looking into the Honors College. I think I'm too late to get into it next semester, but it's good to know that I can apply to get into the honors college after the first semester. It offers a bit better of an education and probably helps with job/grad school placement.</p>
<p>I'm also aware of Oberlin's excellence in producing Phds. They have one of the highest phd productivity ratings in the country for just about every major. I know it's an excellent school. It's just that when I do a cost/benefit analysis, I just can't see it being worth going into debt. I mean, I care about getting into a good graduate school, but getting a Ph.d takes a lot of time and won't give me much time to make money while I'm getting it. I don't want to be paying off student loans until I'm 30 and not being able to raise a family. With my AP credit (Tech accepts 3s), I might be able to graduate earlier and get my schooling over with sooner so I can move on with life.</p>
<p>P.S. I'm not dumb enough to withdraw admission from Oberlin before I get accepted to Texas Tech. Maybe it came out like that because it was late and I typed in a hurry, but yeah. That would not be a smart thing to do.</p>