First off, thank you so much for all of the thoughtful responses!
@juillet I’d most likely do work study for a portion of it and end up taking a loan of about 5k/year. (And hopefully paying it off when after I graduate.) Plus, I don’t have the $$ to go fly there for a weekend, so it makes the decision that much harder. But I really am starting to rethink this whole, maybe I should get out of my comfort zone… I’m just scared I won’t be happy.
@MYOS1634 That seems really interesting! I didn’t know you could do that; I’ll for sure shoot them an email and see if I can fly over there. Thanks for the great info!
In all, the academics have me sold. I think it really is just the confidence of leaving to a new area and fear of not having a great support system/ friends I connect with. And maybe, I am generalizing the student population… :