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I have trouble believing any career center would admit that, even if it were true.</p>
<p>@Erin’s Dad I’m going to ask one of my professors just in case there was a mistake in the alumni survey. </p>
<p>I actually think that MSSU is a lot easier than high school (so far) and my classmates aren’t as motivated. Maybe it’s just that those alumni chose to work as tellers… </p>
<p>@Haystack How much debt is reasonable? For Mizzou, I was thinking $15,000 for 2 years. The University of Richmond is my dream school, so I would be willing to take on $30,000 to attend it. </p>
<p>Don’t go over $27,000, that is, the total of the federal loans.</p>
<p>UAlabama has scholarships for transfers. While they’re not as generous as for freshmen (no full-tuition scholarship) the area is on the less expensive side so costs of living would be okay. And they have a finance major (as well as a mathematical economics major).</p>
<p>Baruch is great for finance and tuition is low, but housing in NYC is insane. :s</p>
<p>You could apply to Colgate, even Williams or Amherst. These schools may be interested in an applicant from a small corner of Missouri (they’re trying to increase sociological and geographical diversity, meaning that coming from a lower-middle class family who lives in a rural area from an under-represented State will be seen very positively.) And their financial aid is among the best in the country. They’re “reach for everyone” reaches but if you can write the essays, they’re worth a try. And their graduates ARE recruited for finance.</p>
<p>Your mom is afraid to see you leave. She’s probably even more afraid that if you leave, you won’t come back. Reassure her you will come back but that it’s time for you to spread your wings. You’re having an excellent GPA and your goals aren’t met by your current school. You’re not being challenged and you may even be “losing” some of your high school skills (as happens to quite a few freshmen). Your goals are good and you have the drive and work ethics to back them up. </p>
<p>1st I comment MSSU for posting such a detailed employment report. Many better schools don’t do that as well. It also demonstrates the major limitations of such schools if you want to leave the area. You just don’t get the national or even regional recruiting of flagships and better privates. I’d take a good look at Mizzu. Not a top B school but much better placement.</p>
<p>@MYOS1634 I would love to go to Colgate. It’s closer to NYC than I currently am. College Board reported that only like 7 percent of transfer students were accepted. That is a little scary. I’m also not even sure if the classes that I’ve taken are the same quality of those at Colgate. All my courses will transfer to Mizzou, though. </p>
<p>Absolutely apply to Mizzou. But if you like Colgate, apply to Colgate since, as I said, you may be their one “kid from rural Missouri with all the right stats”. 
I’d suggest checking out the colleges on the “Meet 100% need” schools, there are only about 60 of them and the “meet full need” concept only applies to freshmen, but these are also the most generous or the wealthiest schools: since you need a lot of financial aid, you need to apply where the money is, even if they’re reaches. For a back up, you have Mizzou. :)</p>
<p>@MYOS1634 I want to only apply to three colleges because of the cost and my mom thinks I should just be happy that I get to go to college. How does my applying to Mizzou, Richmond and Colgate sound? Although, Tufts is my ultimate dream school. Do I have a better shot at it? </p>
<p>One thing that I forgot to mention is my mom is a professor at MSSU. The only reason she became a professor was so I could graduate debt-free. Should I be debt-free with $15,000 in the bank when I graduate or be $11,000 in debt with little to no money in the bank? I just don’t know what to do… </p>
<p>Will you get a reduced tuition at Mizzou since your mom works for MSSU?</p>
<p>@Erin’s Dad No. The tuition at Mizzou will be a little over 10,000 dollars. </p>
<p>$11,000 debt for a good student with a degree in finance from Mizzou is very reasonable. </p>
<p>I could not find Mizzou’s placement data online but their business program is similar to Iowa State and U Iowa in terms of quality and reputation (2 schools I am very familiar with). Iowa State and Iowa have their placement data online. The mean finance salary for both schools is about $44,000. They place students at large companies like Aegon, Principal Financial, John Deere, State Farm, wells Fargo (not as a teller), ADM, etc. I would expect Mizzou’s placement to be similar.</p>
<p>There is an ocean of difference between a school like MSSU and schools like Mizzou, Iowa State, U Iowa etc especially in the business school. The resource difference is substantial and well worth it. </p>
<p>@Haystack My advisor actually graduated from Mizzou and he called the majority of MSSU students “goobers.” I love Mizzou’s environment. MSSU is worse than high school because there is no competition. The director of MSSU’s honors program told me I wasn’t good enough to be accepted into it. I was accepted to Mizzou’s honors college and I got to meet local alumni. </p>
<p>I think Mizzou’s placement data is somewhere in career services. </p>