#1 choice (10k each year) or a full-ride?

juillet
Sun, 15 Apr 2018 03:51:11 +0000

Take the full ride! Ramapo is your second choice, which means that there are things you like about it. Focus on what you like.

Taking a year off really won’t help you much, as you are unlikely to be able to save anything close to $40K to offset the costs of TCNJ.

I also wouldn’t head into any school with the expectation that you’d become an RA; at many schools, becoming an RA is competitive (because they pay part of your housing). It’s also stressful if you are required to remain an RA in order to keep your costs affordable. I supervised a couple of RAs who were in that predicament and by their senior year, some of them wanted to quit but they couldn’t. It made for a stressful experience for them.