Is free college better than prestigious schools?

zonagirl
Mon, 25 Jul 2016 18:25:48 +0000

I am going into my senior year of high school with a 4.0 GPA, number 1 class rank, and 34 ACT score. I am trying to make some major decisions as to which schools I should start applying to.
I don’t know what I want to major in, I’ve had some interest in law and engineering but I am unsure exactly where I wanna go with that. I live in Arizona but I really have no desire to go to U of A or ASU. my parents have said that they will give me a max of 65k towards college overall, which is generous but won’t even cover a year of school at an Ivy, duke, u chi… Any of the well known privates.
I guess I am wondering is it better to try to and go to a public university that offers full tuition scholarships, or to try and pursue a very competitive school and take out massive student loan debt?
Also I’m prepared for brutal honesty- am I even qualified to get into a top institution?