BME - RPI vs SUNY at Stony vs Rutgers vs UConn

AdvicePlease
Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:45:45 +0000

We visited Stony Brook and my daughter liked it very much. It definitely seems to have a good reputation as a science school. My daughter has chosen RPI but Stony Brook was also way up on her list. She was offered decent money and she was also offered a decent amount of money at Stony Brook and admission to one of the Honors Programs.

Stony Brook was her second choice and it was a hard decision. Ultimately the difference in price for her between the two schools was less than $10,000 per year and we decided that RPI was worth the price difference…hope it turns out to be true as one never really knows!

I don’t know that if I were you I could justify spending $51,000 per year at RPI…seems like you would either have to have a boatload of money or borrow a boatload of money.

Even with my daughter’s scholarship at RPI we’ll be borrowing or taking IRA withdrawals…college is expensive!