@austinmshauri my efc is $60, I know it’s really low. I also got the Pell grant. I emailed temple and asked if they could raise my aid amount, and they sent me a form to fill out for reconsideration for more aid.
If your EFC is < $100, your parents likely can’t pay much and they shouldn’t borrow any. If they haven’t been able to save $80,000 for school, how do you expect them to repay that kind of money plus interest?
It appears to me that your resources are a ~$5900 Pell Grant + the $5500 student loan. That’s ~$11k. Do you have any schools whose net cost is within your budget? Look carefully at the packages to make sure they’re not already counting Pell and the loan.
Are there affordable schools in your home state of CA? Will you get any state grants if you attend one of them?
@austinmshauri my efc is 60, but my family income is 80-90k, its weird I know but there is a reason to it. its complicated
See one of the things that I’m worried about is that the surrounding area of Temple is all that safe. While at Nebraska it would seem a bit more safer to walk around after dark without having to worry like I probably would at Temple.
Personally I think I’d recommend UNR over UNL (grew up in Omaha, currently live in the Bay Area, have several local friends whose kids are very happy at UNR). But I don’t know much about business specifically. Do you want to end up back in CA, or are you up in the air right now?
^ The problem with UNR is lack of funding.
@Lehigh2022
You can’t walk off campus after dark without a group or security escort at Temple.
Furthermore, it seems Nebraska is your only affordable option, right?
Where are you with financial aid packages and net cost at all of your acceptances?
@MYOS1634 Wait is the are really that bad at Temple?
North Philly about 2 streets away from campus is pretty sketchy. The campus is safe but despite considerable improvements it’s still Philly’s inner city.
@MYOS1634 Would you consider Nebraska-Lincoln to be better overall than Nevada-Reno, more specifically in business? They both would cost the same for me.
Yes, absolutely, in particular because of the terrible funding in Nevada.
@MYOS1634 Would you say Nebraska is better overall than Temple? Also in terms of their respective business schools?
I’m not sure, I’d think they’re probably the same.
Here’s the respective stats for the university overall. I don’t have the data for the business schools, perhaps they publish these on their respective websites.
Temple: 34% have a GPA over 3.75, average GPA is 3.56. Average ACT is 27, average SAT is 1180, with 25% above 1250/30, about 10% above 700 on either part of the SAT. 24% in top 10% of class.
38% small classes, 18% large to very large classes.
Nebraska: 39% have a GPA over 3.75, average GPA is 3.65, average ACT is 25, average SAT is 1150, with 25% 1280/29, about 13-14% above 700 on either part of the SAT. 24% in top 10% of class.
38% small classes, 24% large to very large classes.
Did you get into Honors at either one?
@austinmshauri Do think Nebraska is overall better than Temple, specifically in business?
I’m not @austinmshauri and I don’t know whether Nebraska or Temple has the better business school. I’m sure both of them are fine, but since you can’t afford Temple, it doesn’t really matter. You keep asking for opinions about schools that should have been taken off the list as soon as you realized they would be too expensive. Choose from Nebraska, UNR, or one of your instate schools.
Basically you need comparisons between your affordable schools. Temple is similar to Nebraska, as you could see from the stats I gave. If it’s cheaper, it’s a better value.
Are you still waiting for acceptances.
I appealed my financial aid amount at temple, and they came back with an increase in aid so now it is affordable to me. Now that both Nebraska and temple are about the same, which one has a better reputation as an overall school because I see in terms and rankings, they are about the same but I feel that temple offers better employment opportunities based on its proximity to Phily and NYC.
I tend to agree wrt employment opportunities but remember there’ll be a LOT more students vying for them.
Do you have housing at Temple? Because that’s another issue.
You said Nebraska was $18000-$20000 a year. You said you could barely afford that. You said temple was $33000 a year. You say you appealed and Temple gifted you more aid as an OOS student making it equal in price to Nebraska. Are you telling us that Temple handed you, an OOS student another $13000 A YEAR for a total of $52,000?? Sorry, I find this really hard to believe. Clearly this thread is just going to keep going around in circles until someone tells you what you want to hear which is go to Temple. So here it is. Go to Temple.
I also recommend you research the cost of cross-country flights a few times a year and factor that into your costs.
Two more things to consider:
Nebraska is in a tech triangle whereby a lot of start up tech companies without mega VC (or savvy about it) set up and hire graduates.
Housing is a big deal for Temple since you can’t live near campus. There’s a renovated block then you have to go farther away into the city and of course the nicer apartments aren’t cheap. (There’s why honors students having 4years of guaranteed housing is so important). So, investigate the housing situation.
List your exact package at your favorite CA school, temple, and Nebraska.