Is going into debt worth it?

MYOS1634
Mon, 02 Dec 2013 17:49:41 +0000

Isn’t there a school in between FIU and Auburn, such as a Florida public that’s higher ranked that FIU?
BTW, you can always take classes outside your major without the confines of a “major” (you’ll have about 1/3 classes that you can take in any field you want, for whatever reason: curiosity, remedial, future job etc.) and some colleges have “create your own major” or “create your own minor” options, which you can add to your chosen major. See if FIU allows that.
Getting into that much debt isn’t worth it since your likely earnings after college are likely to be between nothing - unpaid internships- and low - occasional gigs AND since there won’t be any professional difference between the two schools for the job you want to do (BTW, did you mean $30,000 per year, or total for all 4 years? Because 4X30,000 is INSANE. A big no no - you couldn’t buy a car, you couldn’t buy a house, you couldn’t afford a wedding, you couldn’t afford having a kid, you’d be shackled by your debt for 25 years.)
Since you want to be an animal trainer, where you’re unlikely to make a living for a good 10-15 years at least, I’d say go with FIU. SInce you can get into Auburn, see if you can get into FIU’s honors programs (lots of perks and more respect for your degree, plus interactive classes keep you motivated and are just more interesting than straight lecture in my opinion).