USC no aid vs UCI

Paying for College
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<p>I got into the Spring admissions for USC with no financial aid, but for UCI I got 15k worth of aid, leaving the cost to be around 15k. If I want to go into international business (if UCI, I would double major in international studies and business), which would be the better choice?</p>

<p>60k a year for USC is too much for my parents to handle, so I would have to try to cover the whole thing in loans, or at least 40k of it, but I would prefer USC to all the other choices.</p>

<p>Opinions? Go with my dream school but be in debt for eternity or suck it up and go to UCI?</p>

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<p>Are your parents covering the other $15,000? If you are loaning $15,000 per year for 4 years, that is still bad. You should consider a cheaper option.</p>

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<p>Someone who is going into business shouldn’t even need to ask whether it is smart to take on $160,000 in student loan debt.</p>

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<p>USC should not even be a consideration in the scenario you describe. In any case, as a student you will not be able to secure $40,000/year in loans, so that is not a realistic option.</p>

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<p>*Someone who is going into business shouldn’t even need to ask whether it is smart to take on $160,000 in student loan debt. *</p>

<p>Applause!!!</p>

<p>BTW…YOU can’t borrow that much without a co-signer …and if your parents are smart, they wouldn’t agree to do so, anyway.</p>