I think **you** should chance me

rokuraaa
Sat, 23 Oct 2021 03:46:40 +0000

Thank you! I appreciate it. After thinking through a lot of the responses in this thread I feel like a lot of stuff I wrote down last night is quite unlikely for me. UMN is pretty low on my list, It’s my default in case I don’t get any of the other colleges I want. I am going to go ahead and scrap UMICH, FSU, and UW. My EFC is $0. Anything but the UMN to be honest. I don’t want to be stuck here. It’s just my default.

“What if schools ranked 80-130 are the ones that meet your budget”

If I like the school, and the education is great I’d rather go debt free (as much as feasibly possible LOL.) than go to like ‘Yale’ or something and be like 250k in debt. Also I’d much rather avoid the Ivy League as I don’t want to deal with ivy mentality.

“What if schools in suburban or smaller areas are the ones to meet your budget?”

I’d rather stay away from suburban or smaller areas however I’d still like to consider them regardless. My preferences for colleges are just purely preferences. When it comes down to it I need to make the best academic and financial choices for me.

“What if schools that meet your budget are not the ones you currently recognize as being “prestigious” (even if in reality they are prestigious to companies that hire you after you graduate.)?”

That is all that matters to me then. As long as it is recognized by companies that will hire me, I’ll take it. That’s all I want really. I’d rather not go to any Ivies.

“What if it’s a smaller school, a Liberal Arts College that meets your budget?”

If this college offers the same amount of opportunity in my professional career and my academic career while attending the college as any other big wig college, I don’t mind.

I’d accept any affordable offer from any college that offers the same degree of opportunities and academic opportunity as the UMN, if it checks off my list.

Thank you for the recommendation for Fiske’s Guide to Colleges 2020, I’ll take a look the soonest I can. :D<3

I am just a junior so I am like a year or so early, but it’s good to narrow it down and hammer out these grades. Especially if I need to retake the ACT.

I appreciate all the insight and advice, this gives me a lot of perspective when continuing with my college applications journey.

Thank you.