Hunter College or Rutgers?

abat007
Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:38:41 +0000

My parents aren’t willing to contribute much. They think it’s ridiculous to spend that much on school at this particular point in time because I have no concrete goals for my future, and I kind of agree, so I just turned down Rutgers, explaining that the OOS tuition was too much of a burden.

SUNY New Paltz wasn’t one of my top choices. I thought Rutgers was a reach because compared to other kids, I didn’t have all these honorary classes, but they responded within a week, so, I guess it wasn’t too much of a reach. Then I gave up applying everywhere else (most stupid thing I’ve done EVER) because Rutgers was really where I wanted to go …until the fin aid package came in

Maybe Hunter for two years (if I like it enough, one if I don’t) isn’t a bad idea. It’ll save me some money until I am absolutely solid about what I want to do with my life.

But…I was thinking of taking the year off, finding a job, volunteering all over the place, retaking the SATs, and trying to get some college credit without enrolling anywhere ( I don’t even know if this is possible, but I have all summer to figure it out). Then, after all that, maybe I can apply to some schools that I didn’t apply to before. I don’t know if that’ll improve my chances anywhere though.