How To Pay For It Now She's Accepted?

gthopeful
Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:32:03 +0000

For us … the OOS tuition is a deal-breaker when we can go to UF (assuming she gets in) with Bright Futures paying tuition.



I understand where you’re coming from so much with this. Up until a day before the decision deadline I thought I was going to GT for undergrad, but then my parents sat down with me and we found out that the money they had been stashing away for 20 years amounted to less than a semester in tuition, and the NMF money they offered me wouldn’t make a dent really. At that point, I decided to go to UF to save my parents the grief, though I wish a lot I could have gone to GT for undergrad still.



UF also has good engineering, but the school is just so HUGE!



Yeah UF’s engineering is just outside the top 20 and really it wasn’t bad, but the caliber of student is noticeably less than what you’d find at GT (having attended both schools). The instruction is just fine, however. I try to say this in the least arrogant way possible, but I basically set the curve even in the grad classes I took, but at GT I’m barely above average. Of course, the curves are easier, but I don’t know some people might be less inspired to try hard.

Edit: Oh, and plus Gainesville is extremely boring if you don’t like nature. In Atlanta, there are so many things to do.