<p>I like your attitude, ethanrt, and it was much like my own two years ago. I care not to divulge personal financial information (I will say though that others are taking care of all of my tuition, so indebtedness is not a concern to me), but I was prepared to go to my state school if finances didn’t pull through. My state school was good, cheap, had good academics and smart kids. It wasn’t Chicago, but I knew I could make it into a great school for me.</p>
<p>I bumped up a thread I started earlier on schools to consider, and throughout there are good suggestions for where Chicago admits may be able to find good merit aid packages as well as a college environment that works for them.</p>
<p>Consider your options carefully. Best of luck to everybody!</p>