<p>@myos1634 guess I would be open to other colleges if you have any good suggestions. I am a resident of Illinois, but University of Illinois is also pretty expensive, even with in state tuition. I’m don’t know the exact debt figures for either school. SIUE has one of the lowest in state tuition in Illinois. I was more interested in Marquette because of what I know from what my mom and sister have told me about it and from my visit there. I don’t know if I could go to college outside of the midwest. I was also thinking about changing from an English major to an elementary education major, but I’m not sure about that yet. I would say my family is upper middle class, but I am a triplet and having three kids going to college at the same time is hard for any family, no matter how much they make. My brother goes to University of Illinois. I would feel guilty about transferring from SIUE, because the added cost of my college tuition would be hard for my parents.</p>
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<p>How about you promise to yourself that if you don’t get better value (ie., if the cost is higher, you must have higher quality, a better learning environment for instance - and within affordable budget), you’ll walk away from any admission offer?
Are you working so that if admitted you’d have some money to offset the difference?
As an education major, you’d be better off in a state that has an agreement with Illinois, so check that Wisconsin does.
Beside Marquette, check out Beloit, Lawrence, Illinois Wesleyan, Lake Forest, Elmhurst, Augustana, Knox, Bradley, Loyola Chicago, Millikin.
Knox, in particular, is <em>excellent</em> for English and their creative writing program is very strong. Illinois Wesleyan is very strong overall.
Fill out the “request information” form, run the net price calculator (keeping in mind that costs for transfers are always higher than for freshmen). Look at their “transfer” page, see if they have any special scholarships for transfers.</p>