Making my Official College Decision

DPwhoahz
Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:23:24 +0000

I applied to a variety of schools, so I’ll just list the contenders. I applied to all of these schools as an economics major (and in some cases, math minor)

Bowdoin - waitlisted, don’t expect to get in because they aren’t need-blind for waitlist candidates
Hamilton - accepted, paid deposit
Holy Cross - Accepted
NYU - Accepted
University of Rochester - Accepted
Franklin & Marshall - Accepted

With the exception of NYU, all of those schools are small, very flexible in terms of academics and known for the economics/poli sci programs.

Hamilton - I was offered a package of 45k, my parents would have to pay 9k, i would have 3k loan - Overall, great offer for such a great school

Holy Cross - 47k (about 7k in loans, parents pay the rest)

URoc - 48k (i’d go into 8k in loans) parents will pay the rest

Franklin and Marshall - 50K, I was accepted as a Gray scholar and got a grant and work study that added up to 50k, so my parents would only have to pay 4500.

NYU - we would have to pay abut 22k for the year, which is not ideal, but manageable.

I eliminated all SUNYs I was accepted to because they literally just told us to take out a loan at full cost lol.

I have wonderful options, and all with very generous amounts of aid and am leaning towards Hamilton (I already paid the deposit)

So i guess my real question is which school would you choose given the financial situations at each? And for graduation, which would be better for job opportunities? I know I want to work a little before going to grad school (law school - eventually) and what not. Any ideas/perspectives will help a lot as the May 1/May 2 deadlines approach