How To Pay For It Now She's Accepted?

InPursuit
Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:41:43 +0000

If she is planning on majoring in engineering and your state has a decent/good engineering school I would stay in state. Simply going to Georgia Tech for undergrad is not going to significantly improve your daughters chances for graduate school or jobs although it might make a marginal difference in starting salary(maybe). What state do you live in? Is your daughter interested in any other schools as much as Tech or at all? Has she visited Tech yet?

If she isn’t going to major in engineering I would say you should be able to find an IS program that is just as good or better than Tech depending on what state you are from.

Of course, If Tech is her dream school and practicality is less of a concern than happiness there are always loans, but I personally do not feel that is a good idea unless there is no other option or you are positive you are entering into a field/career where paying them off will not be an issue.

I wish you guys the best of luck!