Cornell vs UVA (Debt vs No Debt)

oldfort
Tue, 28 Apr 2015 16:09:23 +0000

My older daughter TA as a senior for a finance course. Both of my kids were able to get on campus work very easily and they were not on work study.

My older daughter, math/econ double major, was able to get very lucrative summer jobs and eventually at her finance job. But my younger daughter, humanities major, always worked at non-profit and low paying jobs (legal aid, district attorney). She is pre-law, so she wouldn’t have been a good candidate to incur 60k+ UG debt, but she will take out some loans for law school.

Your risk is if you don’t do well in school and not able to get one of those high paying jobs.