Fordham OR Boston University

haverntm
Tue, 24 Mar 2015 23:34:07 +0000

I am torn between these two schools. I was accepted into both, BU (CAS) and Fordham. At the moment, I have no clue what I’d like to major in, so that isn’t really a major factor into deciding between these two schools. It would be a dream to go to school in NYC, and overall I think I prefer Fordham as a whole. This probably shouldn’t play a deciding factor, but one of my best friends is also planning on attending Fordham and it would be comforting to go to NYC actually knowing someone (I am coming from out of state). I would be paying for tuition by myself, so loans are necessary. At BU, I am being offered a financial aid package of ~63K (8K being loans totaling to 55K of grant money) with an estimated cost of 65K yearly and at Fordham, I am getting ~41K with an estimated cost at 68K yearly. Obviously BU comes out on top with finances, and it is very compelling however, I believe Fordham would be affordable. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.