Northeastern vs. Baruch Honors!

happymomof1
Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:54:43 +0000

Where, exactly, would that $45k for next year come from, as well as the more than $45k for each of the following years (cost of attendance is certain to rise, usually by 5% to 7% each year)? You can only borrow the federal loans of $5,500 freshman year, $6,500 sophomore year, $7,500 junior year, and $7,500 senior year. Which is not going to make much of a dent in the cost of Northeastern. If your parents have buckets of money, and are happy to give you four years at Northeastern as a present, it is up to them. On the other hand, they (and you) may have many other ways you’d like to spend that amount of money. For example, as seed money for your own business that you’d like to start one day.

Baruch is in NYC. Northeastern is not. Guess which group of students finds it easier to pin down part-time jobs and internships in NYC. For a business major, whose career goal is to work in NYC, I’d think that would be the deciding factor.

Baruch is cheap enough, that a semester abroad or as a visiting student at another college or university in the country (even one as expensive as Northeastern) would not necessarily break the bank. Think about that too if you would like to have some “away college” experience.