<p>hi fellow ccer's</p>
<p>i am wondering whether or not to attend nyu as i have recieved 15k in scholarships, leaving my parents to pay the remaining 39k of the tuition. my only other viable option/back-up school is uc santa barbara. your opinions would be greatly appreciated along with your reasons for them...thank you.</p>
<p>i dont think i will get any fin aid from ucsb and am planning an english major
thanks again!!</p>
<p>^Wait and see your fin aid package for UCSB. It should be online tomorrow.</p>
<p>so i got my offical letter and received 0 dollars in aid. they told me to loan the entire amount (which is 26k by the way) so now what should i do, go to nyu or ucsb?</p>
<p>SB is still cheaper. Have you visited both schools? See where you feel most comfortable. Where do you think you’ll enjoy being the most? Keep in mind travel expenses if money is a big issue.</p>
<p>sb may be cheaper but it is less prestigious compared to nyu and if i so happen to apply to a job out of the state of california i am reasonably sure no one will have heard of ucsb. i am pretty sure such is not the case with nyu.</p>
<p>Are you kidding? So are you saying that people who dont live in California dont know about UC Berkley and UCLA? I mean, I dont live in Texas and I know about their University of Texas at Austin and their University of Texas at Arlington/San Antonio and the CUNY/SUNY universities of NY all of which are in a system like the UC’s. </p>
<p>Prestige is utter crap. Grades matter MOST over the name of your alma mater. You could get a 4.0 at Merced and that would be better than a 3.8 at SD. Most people working in high powered jobs go to graduate school and do not get a CEO job right out from undergrad.</p>
<p>I agree with peachcobber07. UCSB is far better than NYU both academically and location. NYU is a old timer university and is known in the old day.</p>
<p>Prestige isn’t everything. I’m possibly rejecting Berkeley for UCSB. It’s about how you feel at the campus and what you accomplish there. And in the end, employers don’t really care about where you went to school. My dad went to UCLA… his resume is two pages long and UCLA is the last thing mentioned. The important part is all the jobs and experience he has in his field. No one cares that he went to UCLA… they care about his ability to do the job asked of him.</p>