Help choosing school for D

[MotherMother1]

We still have to do the Penn State visit late March. Also, I updated my info regarding GMU because I was sloppy. Without any money, they run around the same costs for OOS on campus. Roughly ~53,000 tuition, room, board. She was offered honors at GMU (did not have the time to write 8 essays for Schryers Honors at PSU UP) and $20,000k a year in merit. So that brought all that down making it ~33,000 for GMU and still ~53,000 for PSU. Here are some other kickers: I heard Penn States tuition goes up for Juniors and Seniors (apparently this is a thing now with some state schools) and GMU charges extra per credit over 15 credits (though not enough to make up the $20,000 a year gap). It is a really affordable option.