Columbia v Lehigh

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<p>Which school should I choose?</p>

<p>Columbia, Econ-Math

  • dream school
  • $10,000 per year for room and board</p>

<p>Lehigh, Finance

  • living at home, commuting
  • free tuition</p>

<p>Also please note that I am only 16 years old, a bit younger than most other students.</p>

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<p>Columbia hands down.</p>

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<p>You’d be paying 10k per year to go to Columbia, your dream school? What exactly is holding you back?</p>

<p>Besides, living at home and commuting sucks. Experience some real college.</p>

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<p>Depends, can your family afford to pay four years of tuition for Columbia? </p>

<p>If not, I would choose Lehigh. You can graduate debt free and save up for grad school.</p>

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<p>You’re 16. Go to Lehigh,live at home for 2 years then move on campus for the last 2. You might be smart enough, but you’re not old enough to go to college</p>

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<p>The difference between being a residential student at Columbia and commuting to Lehigh is so vast that I’d rather see you take a gap year and defer your Columbia acceptance rather than bypass it. Even if you needed to take on the Columbia cost as debt, the experience would be life-altering. Just living at home and going to 13th grade nearby would not. BTW, I went off to college (350 miles away) at 16 also.</p>

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<p>umm, bff, why isnt he old enough to go to college? Do you know anything about his maturity level?</p>

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<p>I don’t see a problem with being 16 and an on-campus student. A drawback to being younger in college is not being able to drive, and the OP doesn’t even need one at Columbia since it’s in NYC.</p>

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<p>I am a big fan of Lehigh, but not at the expense of Columbia and living on campus</p>

<p>If your parents can pay that $10,000 per year then Columbia</p>

<p>otherwise Lehigh is a great school</p>

<p>there is a poster on the Lehigh message board that is currently commuting as a student at Lehigh and loves the school, you might want to ask him some questions. His alias is AR31791 <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/members/ar31791-204861.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/members/ar31791-204861.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Honestly, 40k in debt for a Columbia degree and education that stays with you for life, is not a huge price to pay, it’s more of an investment than an expense.</p>

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<p>40K? I think it is 55k per year so x4 years. A great investment in your child if you have the money to spend and you are LUCKY enough to get in.</p>

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<p>It is hard to understand what the OP is being offered by Columbia. Is he/she receiving 10K per year or only expected to pay 10K per year. Big difference.</p>