<p>When I said worse standarts I mean the quality of students would probably be worse not the quality of education. My fault on that one. For example I live in NC. I think most would agree that the average student who went to Georgia Tech for Engineering would be smarter than the average student who went to NC State for engineering. However while you could argue more for Georgia Tech giving you the better education, is it really worth it if you don’t make it all the way. Yah you have the connections with GT but NC State has some fine connections with IBM and other solid companies. This is a question that has seriously affected my college decision and while I’m not attending NC State I am doing something close to the same while I am also getting a free education as well as benefits that will give me security after college as well as experiences that can only help me along. In the end I have asked myself if I thought it was worth it and I couldn’t say yes. I give props to those of you who can but there was just not enough financial as well as personal security to attending Purdue where I would graduate with a lot of debt or Georgia Tech if I were to get in where I would also graduate with debt. I think that’s the question everybody who is in that situation has to ask. Is it really worth it? Do I really want to roll the dice on the future just so I can have the top 10 school on my resume and a better chance of interviewing for a job in Silicon Valley where I am 1 of 100 similar graduates going for 5 open positions?</p>