<p>I am going to UConn and pay only $400 in tuition for the year! I know alot of top students who got into Boston College, and ivy league schools, that chose UConn because it was so cheap. Are private schools better? Probably or probably not. Is it worth several thousand dollars more a year? Definetly not. It is not worth getting loans people!!!! If you go to a top private you will graduate with a ton more in loans!!! Will you get a better job? Probably. It depends not on the schools reputation, but instead on your own performance. Say you get a better job that pays $5k to 10k more out of college coming from an ivy. You have loans to pay off that accumulate to say $50k+ (conservative figure). If you go to your state's public university chances are you will have no loans, and could put your hard earned money towards paying for a good graduate school later on. The smart decision is going to your own state's public. Also, believe it or not, employers are now starting to look at how smart you were in your college decision. They see that if you went to a public school, you may be better in terms of allocating money, and using your money efficiently. This is not completely proven, but I do know some employers who do take that into consideration when looking to recruit. My sister went to Boston College. She now regrets she ever went. Now she has to pay loans off for the next few decades. Did she enjoy BC? She loved it, but told me that it was still not worth going there, having now to pay off the loans that she has to.</p>
<p>Debt is a very important issue to consider but should not keep you from considering privates. </p>
<p>Every person's financial situation is different. Just because your sister regrets her decision doesn't mean that every single person who goes to private schools will as well. UConn was right for you, but that does not mean it is right for everyone in the whole state of Connecticut. It often comes down to the quality of the public system and how much the person values a truly excellent education. For example, I talked to several professors at my state university. They were not articulate or informed - both in general and within their specific disciplines. I therefore refuse to consider going there.</p>
<p>Private does not mean expensive. If the people who go to Ivies applied to lower tier schools, they would almost certainly get large sums of merit money. Combined with need based financial aid, publics are not the only financially feasible option.</p>
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They see that if you went to a public school, you may be better in terms of allocating money, and using your money efficiently.
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Do you have anything to substantiate this claim?</p>
<p>I appreciate your point of view, but you are wrong. Anybody else?</p>
<p>Omniscient1:</p>
<p>You may disagree but to summarily dismiss another view as wrong (note I refer to the postee's view, and not the postee) without counter-arguments borders on arrogance and hardly qualifies as the voice of reason.</p>
<p>My view on the matter is to each his/her own. Everyone has to make his/her own fit and there is no one-size-fits-all solution, to borrow a cliche.</p>
<p>My son was accepted to UConn Honors and got a scholarship but will still need to pay $12,000 a year to attend UConn. With the scholarships he has gotten, the schools that will cost less for him are: Brandeis, Sarah Lawrence, and Vassar. But if he had to pay full freight for those schools, he would he going to UConn, too. It all depends on the package. Even your own State U can be costly when need and merit scholarships from the privates are factored in.</p>
<p>Finding a stable well paying job out of Uconn is not easy. Finding a stable well paying job out of an Ivy or elite college is (Not that BC really is).</p>
<p>cloverdale: That is bu.llsh.it. Also, I do not have to argue my points, because I am older than the person who posted it. I know this all from experience. What is a nicer way to put this?...I am wiser than you all.</p>
<p>it's obvious you're just trying to make yourself feel better for not being able to get into an ivy. you completely try and disregard any argument for the benefits of a highly competitve school and wave your stance very arrogantly. yeah, you don't need an ivy league education at all to lead a successful life, but you try and make a high-priced education seem like a complete waste to try and justify you not being able to attend one. there are benefits to both. try and be more accepting of others' views.</p>
<p>T4885214 makes a good point, especially considering the history of your postings.</p>
<p>No school is, can be, or should be everything to everyone. Publics are perfect for some and horrible for others, in the same way that privates are.</p>
<p>From one of Omniscient's post in December 2005:
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Today, unless you attend an ivy league school or any other school in the top 25, there is little difference in terms of quality.
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It should be up to each individual to determine how much this quality is worth to them.</p>
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Also, I do not have to argue my points, because I am older than the person who posted it.
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Youth does not invalidate ideas. I am sure many posters here are older than you. Does that mean that you accept everything they say without proof as fact?</p>
<p>TROLL.</p>
<p>The original poster is a troll. While his original point may have been posted with perfectly good intentions, his more recent responses have been entirely unjustified and unreasonable.</p>
<p>He is not to be taken seriously. Remember, seriously responding to a troll's comments only perpetuates their rule.</p>
<p>Please do not feed the trolls.</p>
<p>Nope, you are all still wrong. Nerds!!!</p>
<p>Haha, troll? You are a geek!</p>
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I appreciate your point of view, but you are wrong.
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How open-minded we all are today!</p>
<p>I love messing with you losers.</p>
<p>community college taught you well.</p>
<p>Whose the loser? Go get a life.</p>
<p>682 posts, and you say that I need a life? Haha...you guys are horrible with comebacks.</p>
<p>yeah difference is, we're here to talk about college admissions. You're intentionally being confrontational with some online people that you don't even know.</p>
<p>ugh....that was weak.</p>