Parents/Current Students: Does paying for college

InsertJokeHere
Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:31:16 +0000

I’ve seen a lot of your worried posts about paying for NU/FinAid. Since it’s likely that your Financial Aid will not be enough due to your assets (millions in real estate), you are looking at a heck of a lot of debt after a $50k/yr university + $30-50k/yr med school… I don’t want to discourage you from attending NU. Ultimately, make the decision based on what will make you happy. But keep in mind whether the debt you incur from these expenses (perhaps hundreds of thousands) will keep you from happiness.
Just because you don’t go to NU doesn’t mean you can’t get into a great med school. If that was true, we sure wouldn’t have so many doctors. a lot can be said about going to a lower ranked university and graduating at the top of your class/with honors/with great relationships with professors due to your high standing.

Don’t use your being at a lesser ranked school bring you and your work effort down. If you do, you have no one to blame but yourself.