Out of State vs. Privates?

Bill5
Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:44:26 +0000

I’m currently an out of state first year at UCLA, there’s things I like and things I don’t like I’m sure there would be were ever I go but I have to say I’m not as happy as I thought I would be here. Part of the reason for it is that I feel like I’m really not getting much out of the tuition I’m paying. I mean when it boils down to it, I’m paying $25K a year in tuition for a public education that others are paying about 1/4 of the price for. In addition, the shear size of the school has made it really hard to get the classes I need (I’m going to summer school because I flat out couldn’t enroll in any pre-major classes because they were already filled up by the time I could enroll) and the same goes for housing.

Now enough of the rant, I’ve been thinking about transfering to a private school, not a LAC but something along the lines of UMiami, or dare I say it, USC. But would I be experiencing something so much better that I would feel better about the money being spent, or would it pretty much be the same? Would it be worth it to transfer and basically start new? I know a lot of this has to do with personal tastes and such but I just wanted to get a feel for how others felt.