<p>Dtr accepted to UMCP/honors OOS (Merit$12,000), Penn State/honors, SUNY Buffalo(Pres/Full ride),Cornell(finaid pending expect little) for engineering. She’s very practical and wants to go to Buffalo, I want her to get the best education we can afford (25,000 tops out of pocket) . What are your thoughts?</p>
<p>Well, I generally think that most any ABET accredited college or university will have a good quality education. Unlike social work, history majors, art, and other liberal arts, engineers are in demand and have generally good prospects from most colleges.</p>
<p>With that said, she can see which companies recruit at SUNY Buffalo and see if she is interested in working at those. If she is, she is all set. If she likes the ones that Cornell or Penn State much better, then maybe those would be better to consider.</p>
<p>BUt a full ride scholarship is hard to turn down because 0 upfront cost is much better than 25k (is that 25k/year, 100k total?) upfront cost.</p>
<p>Take the full ride. As long as you don’t go to the University of Nothing you can expect to get a pretty decent job regardless of where you go to school.</p>
<p>Definitely take the full ride.</p>