First off congrats to you. I think you should do a web cast on how you got into 19 great school choices and some very top ones indeed. Write a book ?. Maybe your future is right in front of you… Lol…
I see your dilemma truly. You need a serious sit down with your parents. Can they honestly afford giving you in essence around $70,000/year? If so then why the limit they gave you? That’s my first question to them. With the economy the way it is they might be hurting more now then 6 months ago. If they can’t cleanly give you the money without extra loans on their part then this is a non starter for me. I love when “business” students seem to always have this question.
What does your future business self say? Not your current student self say? Spend 10 minutes to analyze this like a class project. The answer is there.
Also schools like Michigan can cost less due to getting off the meal plans, going to apartment living (it is costly to live in Ann Arbor but deals can be found).
As you know… I am a huge Michigan supporter but…
You don’t even need a business school to go into business but you have like only great options. I personally don’t like debt so let’s look at this differently and a win /win for both you and your parents.
What if you went to one of the lower costs schools let’s take Kelly since it’s the best known and ranked of the 3. Would your parents give you the extra $20,000 so you could invest in your future? Remember you just saved them around $20 000. If so then you would have $80, 000 banked! I don’t know but a degree from Kelly and money in the bank just sounds so much more appealing then being in debt $100,000 Even if they gave you $10 000/year that is still $40,000/banked. (BTW they don’t owe you anything. Paying for college and just being your parents is enough ?).
Those are my ideas. Let’s see how good you really are at this business thing… ?.