Price tag on Berkeley

RoLaReveuse
Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:07:46 +0000

I definitely should have added that my EFC is $0, but you are all correct in assuming that.

Of the $46K budget at UW, $38K would be offered to me and parent in federal loans.

The $49K offered from BU includes approximately $8500 in loans (Stafford and Perkins).

It seems that the consensus is that academic reputation/rank is not worth that price given my financial circumstances? After thinking long and hard, I think it might come to Boston University. Also considering that Med school is notorious for generating huge financial loans…you hear so often “a degree is a degree no matter where you go” but would that be applicable if say, I compared Berkeley to Boston for a Cellular and Molecular Biology major?