How much scholarship $ would sway you to pick a safety over your dream school?

Keilinger · 03-01-2010, 08:51 PM

Since some scholarships are applicable for in-state schools only and there are yet more scholarships given by the school (to be used only at the school), what difference in cost would make the difference for you?

Soccer102592 · 03-01-2010, 09:16 PM

$25,000 or more.

T26E4 · 03-01-2010, 09:53 PM

Wouldn't it depend heavily on family circumstances?

oldfort · 03-01-2010, 09:57 PM

Priceless.

mom2collegekids · 03-01-2010, 10:03 PM

Good question....

For my kids it was knowing that they could use their college money for professional school, so they'd have less debt for that.

liberationn15 · 03-01-2010, 10:04 PM

30k did, but 10k would have. I'm broke.

spiritualwitch · 03-01-2010, 10:06 PM

None. I want to go to my dream school.

Collegestress16 · 03-01-2010, 10:43 PM

^ Ditto. It's my dream school and I've been knee deep in private scholarships that I hope to get.

GLAW · 03-02-2010, 11:57 AM

Dreaming is great when your means allow for it. Full tuition is pretty hard to pass up.

Grumpster · 03-02-2010, 01:12 PM

Depends who's paying otherwise. I wouldn't go into debt one penny if I didn't have to.

ohnoezDx · 03-02-2010, 01:14 PM

I didn't have a dream school so whoever gave me the most money I'd go there.

mom2collegekids · 03-02-2010, 01:20 PM

^^

Some kids won't consider a scholarship because they want to go to a dream school...but then they get to the dream school and hate it (or they end up in deep debt to go there).

ohnoezDx · 03-02-2010, 01:22 PM

That happened to one of my friends actually. She went to what she thought was her dream school, hated it and ended up dropping out and just going to the CC here this semester. Then again she got full aid from fafsa so it's not really the same concept but you get the gist.

starbright · 03-02-2010, 01:34 PM

Well for many kids on here, it isn't there money so they can't really answer the question. Those that would take the dream school no matter what: how many are planning to pay back their parents the full amount of cost, which for many families can easily exceed $200,000? I'm not even sure a lot of kids in highschool can even comprehend how much money that is (especially with compound interest on loans which would make it way higher than $200,000).

ohnoezDx · 03-02-2010, 01:36 PM

My college fall 2010 on is basically going to be paid in loans so I'm going to have a fun time after school is over...