<p>Ok, so either i go to boston college and am in 15,000 debt for 5 years (75K)</p>
<p>Or i go to St. Johns University and am in 5,000 debt for 5 years (25k)</p>
<p>BC is amazing and st johns is horrible. I hate the campus at st johns and its really crappy academically, but BC is freaking expensive!</p>
<p>thoughts?</p>
<p>Bump 10 char</p>
<p>I’d go for BC</p>
<p>It sounds like you’ve made your decision.</p>
<p>im not sure if its worth beign in crippling debt tho :(</p>
<p>any1 else???</p>
<p>money shouldnt be the issue. you can always pay that back…this is the rest of your life you have to think about. thousands of dollars are NOTHING compared to how much you’ll regret unhappiness for the next 4 years. you should go where you fit in!</p>
<p>I definitely agree with USCTexan. It will be worth it in the end, when you’re happy and have a high paying job.</p>
<p>That is a lot of debt…it will take a very long time to pay back impacting your life for far more than “4 years”…those are your only two choices?</p>
<p>If you hate a college, no matter the price, you shouldn’t even consider it. rlm919 brings up a good point; you weren’t accepted anywhere else?</p>
<p>Couldn’t you find any uni in between? Anyone wants to get into a great uni but you need to have the money to pay for it. Some of my friends got into BU and I also could have got in but we don’t have the money to pay for it, so we’ll be going to smaller unis. It’s not worth it to go to a uni and be so much in debt afterward, especially with many Americans losing their jobs. Couldn’t you have found a state uni which offers you a full ride?</p>
<p>Check out the calculators at [FinAid</a>! Financial Aid, College Scholarships and Student Loans](<a href=“http://www.finaid.org%5DFinAid”>http://www.finaid.org) Bottom line: you can’t afford $75k in debt, so it isn’t really a tough decision, because there is no decision.</p>
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<p>You’re right.</p>
<p>Why are you calculating debt for five years? Are you planning to not graduate on time? 15x4=60k is still a LOT, though.</p>
<p>As a local to St. Johns, I have to tell you to go for BC. Please. It’s worth the debt.</p>
<p>Why 5 years? Is there a reason that you cannot graduate in the standard 4?</p>
<p>^Pham, he means that that is how long he would be paying back the money.</p>
<p>Have you considered starting out somewhere and then transfering just to lessen the blow?</p>
<p>Definitely BC.</p>
<p>This is a really bad choice. If you hate St. Johns, it’s not worth going there. But BC is way too much money. Really–you will be so sorry if you do that. There’s got to be a third alternative. How about either spending two years at St. Johns and transferring, or taking a year off and reapplying to a state university? I’m sorry–this is not good. Think about Americorps or CityYear.</p>
<p>I agree with Endicott 100%. If those are your only options you should either consider some type of gap year experience or look at some other schools for the Fall. There are schools you might like better than St. Johns that have rolling admissions. So, if you don’t like the gap year idea it still might not be too late to get in somewhere else.</p>