My College Admissions Journey

CaliCash
Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:37:43 +0000

@LBad96 “Lol, don’t kill me, but I’m going to Northwestern now. The office of financial aid called me and apparently, I wouldn’t be a full pay student once my sibling leaves college. Because their tuition roughly $6,000, I would be paying that much more in subsequent years provided everything else stays the same. Not the $70,000 that I had initially thought and was led to believe. At the meeting, the woman had said we would be paying more, and I assumed that would be full tuition, but it wouldn’t be. NU would only be about $18,000 more than UF or maybe even $12,000 depending on when my sibling graduates. In addition, I was choosing UF for the wrong reasons. Aside from money, I was selling myself short because I was scared of NU. I saw the students and how bright they were and I was terrified that I wouldn’t be good enough and that it would be too rigorous. But I am a competitive person and I would thrive in that environment. I wouldn’t be sitting in classes taught by grad students for two years at NU and I would be around students of a higher caliber than that of UF. I know I must be driving you all crazy lol. But my heart just wasn’t in the right place. When I spoke to my parents, they told me they would make it work (especially with more clarity after the call with NU). No more lavish vacations, or at least fewer. So, that’s where I’m going No looking back.”