Hartwick College - Thoughts anyone?

Carolinenora
Thu, 05 Nov 2015 16:15:52 +0000

@MYOS1634 there not all universities, some are small LAC’s, where she would get merit. One is Hartwick, actually. As a safety. The difference with Colgate and Hamilton, Cornell is $15,000 less. My husband and myself did not want her to even go to a school that costs as much as UT Austin or Cornell, but we’ve come to terms with the fact that she may have to pay that. She can take loans, not optimal, but the state schools (Geneseo) are just not what she wants. $23,000 for her education would be amazing, just to pay that and not have loans would be terrific.

@whenhen She is fascinated with hydrogeology. Hydrogeology is not a major for many undergrad programs. She was frustrated with that for awhile. But, she knows as a grad student she could major in that. I think it’s better not to specialize as an undergrad anyway. We have looked at schools that have both geology and hydrology. The ones we’ve come up with are, besides Texas, SUNY Oneonta, University of Nevada and a few others I can’t think of right now.

As far as UT Austin what she likes about it? It’s in a city, not in the middle of nowhere like many small geology schools are. The campus was nice, vibrant. She thought the hills in that part of Texas were beautiful. When we were walking around the campus, she just felt right there. She could see herself there. Also UT Austin has subdivisions of geology like geophysics in case she’s interested in that. Can I ask what school you’re in?