College Confidential - View Single Post - Is It Worth It? Indiana University Bloomington

SoCal18 · 12-02-2007, 11:31 AM

I don't know why the Connecticut distance is bothering so many people....let's just say IU is closer to Bristol, than California. And who cares if they make snow, it's still there, and plenty of people use it. I don't need to go to Aspen to have a good time snowboarding.

At IU ~40% are OOS students. At SDSU only ~5% are. So there is definitely more geographically diversity at IU.

And don't worry about if I get scholarships and tuition, I already figured out the costs of these, and I have came to the conclusion that I will most likely have 65k in loans. But I could probably take off 15k from that if I decide to get an on-campus job or something like that.

And I did get in UPortland -- and after my scholarship, financial aid, my parents, and my college account, the school should be very inexpensive. But I'm waiting to hear back from Pepperdine and LMU (which are great with financial aid), before I decide which private school I like the best.

Then I will compare UMiami, SDSU, Indiana, and Pepperdine/LMU/UPortland. But I'm assuming rejection from UMiami and Pepperdine, leaving me with SDSU, Indiana, LMU/Portland. Then I will decide from there....

Thanks for all of the opinions. I am truly worried about the debt, but I feel when you combine IU's business program (supposedly 98% of finance majors get jobs by graduation, and their $52k avg. starting salary -- which is 4k higher than the national average), Cost of living is cheaper in the Midwest and the Northeast, and even though CT is expensive, there isn't any state taxes.

But in the end, I'm planning to visit IU, and if it's everything I expected it to be....than I will know the loans are worth it.

Thanks

12-02-2007, 11:31 AM	#24
SoCal18 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,648	I don't know why the Connecticut distance is bothering so many people....let's just say IU is closer to Bristol, than California. And who cares if they make snow, it's still there, and plenty of people use it. I don't need to go to Aspen to have a good time snowboarding. At IU ~40% are OOS students. At SDSU only ~5% are. So there is definitely more geographically diversity at IU. And don't worry about if I get scholarships and tuition, I already figured out the costs of these, and I have came to the conclusion that I will most likely have 65k in loans. But I could probably take off 15k from that if I decide to get an on-campus job or something like that. And I did get in UPortland -- and after my scholarship, financial aid, my parents, and my college account, the school should be very inexpensive. But I'm waiting to hear back from Pepperdine and LMU (which are great with financial aid), before I decide which private school I like the best. Then I will compare UMiami, SDSU, Indiana, and Pepperdine/LMU/UPortland. But I'm assuming rejection from UMiami and Pepperdine, leaving me with SDSU, Indiana, LMU/Portland. Then I will decide from there.... Thanks for all of the opinions. I am truly worried about the debt, but I feel when you combine IU's business program (supposedly 98% of finance majors get jobs by graduation, and their $52k avg. starting salary -- which is 4k higher than the national average), Cost of living is cheaper in the Midwest and the Northeast, and even though CT is expensive, there isn't any state taxes. But in the end, I'm planning to visit IU, and if it's everything I expected it to be....than I will know the loans are worth it. Thanks
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