again, public full ride or private school???

undecided
Thu, 14 Apr 2005 15:41:16 +0000

Prestige aside, I’d pick CUNY.

1) Free ride and an expense account? C’mon. You’re hard pressed to find that treatment anywhere.

2) Honors college. Excellent opportunity to show your stuff.

3) Big fish, small pond. If you could manage a half-tuition at BU and full tuition + perks at CUNY, you are one of their top students. Imagine how med schools would look at it if you were top of your class in the honors college, got top grades and great MCATs, did some great research (which, by the way, I think you’d have more of a chance at if you attend CUNY)? You could have the money you’d be saving and put it toward other things: travel, MCAT prep (:D), all those perks the uni doesn’t pay for…

4) Your financial situation may change when your sisters go to college, but it may not. That your parents are middle class is iffy; it shows in your Tufts and BU non-scholarship packages: aid is not going to be flowing. For your sake (med school is expensive, and you will have loans), and your parents’, and your sisters’, go to CUNY.

Even considering prestige – what carries more prestige than being a top student at an excellent school?