Georgia Tech vs. UAH - Aerospace Engineering - Debt vs. No Debt

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I was accepted to Georgia Tech. I’d love to be excited and start making plans about classes and clubs to be a part of, but cost is a huge obstacle. Fortunately (or unfortunately), my family makes pretty decent money, so the FAFSA was mostly a waste of time. I have not yet received my Georgia Tech letter for financial aid, but I am guessing it will be similar to Illinois’: ZERO scholarships and grants and $52,340 each year in almost all loans. I’d prefer not to graduate with nearly $200,000 in debt. Georgia Tech is slightly cheaper than Illinois. Great!

I was also accepted to the University of Minnesota for Aerospace Engineering, which isn’t near the caliber that Georgia Tech is for aerospace engineering. However, being from South Dakota, I qualify for in-state tuition to Minnesota. The total cost each year is around $26,000. Assuming I do not receive any scholarships at all, $100,000 in debt is astronomically better than $200,000 in debt.

^quoted from OP of another of his threads.

Apparently he is from SD and only applied to OOS schools.