Is Chicago actually affordable?

hyeonjlee
Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:08:36 +0000

How about this - you start at Boulder with a possibility of transfer to Chicago 2 years later.

Unlike the likes of Harvard and Princeton, a transfer route is open for U Chicago. If you keep your academic work at a top shape, it should be possible for you to transfer. In that case, you might want to do some proactive research to see what kind of Boulder credits/courses are accepted/acknowledged by Chicago so that you can still graduate in 4 years total.

This way, if you do transfer to Chicago, the debt will be much less and you still have 2 years of the life of the mind education plus U Chicago diploma. May be even your parents’ financial situation might improve. If you end up liking Boulder, then you have a future with minimal debt.