<p>Unfortunately, of the schools on that list, few to none have the prestige of either USC OR St. John’s. It would be better, I think, to pay for a school that fit and sent me to a good grad school than to go for a lesser one for free; that truly would be throwing away the opportunity I have here at USC.</p>
<p>Edit: Room and board are negligible costs next to the enormity of tuition, so it’s “free” for the purposes of argument.</p>