<p>$80,000 worth of debt plus perhaps graduate school debt (another $50,000)$130,000 is alot of debt to graduate with…vs. free education - I know many VERY successful professionals who chose to be debt free at a fine institution with a less prestigious name, and then attended grad schol starting off without debt (sometimes you can even be awarded merit scholarships for outstanding college GPA’s, etc. for grad school)…do the other colleges have an Honors Program where you could be challenged and engaged? Perhaps talk with some of your prospective scholars in the program at the alternatives to Colgate to see the personal benefits for you and the caliber of education. Then if you chose grad school it would be your only debt and not so difficult to climb out of. It is often the quality of what you accomplish not where you acccomplish it, especially undergraduate.</p>