Not including "retirement" info on CSS...

golddustwoman
Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:42:16 +0000

The only WUE schools that offer classics are University of Hawaii (too expensive to fly there and home), Western Washington University (apparently their department isn’t adequate to prepare a student for graduate work–so why would I go there?), University of Idaho, and University of Utah.

I am going to be working 10-20 hours a week. I do freelance web and graphic design and development–it’s about $70-$80 per hour. But the thing is that I can’t always garauntee that I’ll have clients for all those hours–so it’s a little unpredictable. I expect to contribute significantly to paying for college by working over the summer and during the school year. My summer earnings should be at like $3,000.

I’m applying to (as of now):

University of Chicago *

Reed College *

St. John’s College (MD) *

New College of Florida

Whitman College (possibly…)

For me, only the *ed colleges are places that I actually -want- to go to, though. =/ Going anywhere else, I just can’t see myself being happy…which is closed minded, I know, but that’s just how i feel right now.

I chose those places for their student body, academic reputation, and size. But, as you can see, those three schools are all VERY different. Reed (1,300 students) vs. U Chicago (10,000 students) vs. St. John’s (500 students).

What about this: I can go to a college for the first year and see how my working and such is able to help pay for stuff and how much my parents end up contributing. If there’s too big of a deficit, I can transfer somewhere less expensive…?