Is USC worth full tuition?

HImom
Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:19:17 +0000

Our kids’ HS Val stayed at in-state flagship because she wants to go to med school & didn’t get the aid packages she hoped for. We all admired her & thought she had made a VERY WISE choise. If you are going on to grad school, that will be the name of the school that you will be remembered for, NOT your undergrad school (for example, what undergrad school did your docs attend?)

USC is a great place, but graduating from undergrad with significant debt and depleting your parents’ retirement savings is a VERY BAD plan, especially if you’re thinking of going on to grad school.

One more thing to think about is that many kids do take longer than 4 years to graduate. If your heart is still set on USC, you could always go to less expensive schools & transfer so your degree is from WHICHEVER school you & your family have heart set on. Really, though, it’s where you get your hightest/final degree that matters, not where you go to undergrad.