Please Help Me Shorten College List

lookingforward
Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:52:27 +0000

*Some colleges try to boost their prestigious so I do not believe much in what they claim. *

And, the “college books” are published to make profit for the publishers.

I think you are missing some of the sage advice being shared here. If you can’t turn to a GC, please re-read some of the posts, check other forums. No one who needs aid can simply look for a school that offers the right major. No one can guess from median stats. You have to learn what the college values in it’s admits and the very best source is the college- not some pithy blurb in a college guide.

And, unless you choose schools that wants you as much as you want them, you may not get merit aid or enough financial aid money. Some of the schools you listed are “meet full need.” Others are not. Some won’t offer merit to a low score.

Despite your confidence about your way of researching and that you will get a great job, if you end up with say, 80k debt, your family’s monthly loan payments could be pushing $1000/month. With a BA/BS, many grads don’t walk into a very high paying job inless you go to one of the schools those jobs are most often recruited from. And, you will be working, paying those loans for 10 years, AND trying to get an MBA and find a way to pay for that?

There is a piece of this thread that sounds too unrealistic.