Cal vs. Santa Clara . . . please help.

pickles44
Sat, 25 Apr 2009 19:12:13 +0000

Hey guys, I’m in a pretty big dilemma, and I can take any help I can get.
Many of you will probably look at the title and say, “oh, Berkeley OBVIOUSLY”, but my decision is a lot more difficult.
See, my family is having a very tough time financially (both parents out of job, will have 2 kids in college next year). I’ve been weighing my decisions quite heavily. I’m majoring in Business Admin.

SCU:
Santa Clara has offered me full tuition AND about $5000 in loans, which is very beneficial for me. It also has the nice, small private school feel. And it will help my parents tremendously because I can just drive back and forth from home after 1st year (I live about 20 min from SCU). It’s business program is pretty good too.

Cal:
However, we all know Berkeley is a much more prestigious institution, but it will cost me more in this case. Also, Haas is like ranked 3rdin the nation? And I know a LOT more people going to Berkeley. I know almost no one from my school headed to SCU.
I did not get any financial aid b/c my parents did make a considerable amount of money (100k?) in 2008, and my parents lost their jobs at teh very end of 2008.

Sorry if I sound a little disorganized. . .
Decision time is coming up in less than a week! I really need help.
Thanks for weighing in if you can.