Honest Opinions, please

intparent
Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:09:54 +0000

This is a very specific question… might be better on the FSU forum. You haven’t mentioned how your grades are. Honestly, if you were my kid, I would probably say stay at FAU and finish up, but move back on campus if you would be happier socially (assuming the cost is not too high). If you knock it out of the park grade-wise and with stuff like your writing center job (good recommendations, etc.) that is worth a lot. The writing center job is a bonus, by the way, my D worked in the one on her campus, and she always was asked about it in interviews (she was not even an English major). But it was a plus in her job search for sure.

A primary consideration should be to minimize your loans, given your career plans.

Here is another question – can you go abroad for a semester from FAU? This partly sounds like the “junior year blahs” that happen on a lot of campuses… many students need a change of scene that year. Again, cost is a consideration, but financial aid usually goes with you if you go to one of your school’s programs. Is that an option for this spring or next fall?