Scholarships for continuing students - easy/hard/impossible?

mdcissp
Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:54:37 +0000

I am not an expert, but I sense the large scholarships (half tuition presidential and full tuition trustees-ex.) are given to a select small group of entering freshmen. There are scholarships given to students beyond freshmen year. However, I sense that these are really smaller amounts of money. I don’t think it is worth it to take $100,000-$150,000. in loans (depending upon if you were able to get some scholarships beyond freshman year and that is a competitive situation, not a guarantee). Therefore, unless you and your family have close to $200,000. ready to go for 4 years (remember there are other expenses such as plane trips home, etc.), I would seriously consider going to a Canaidian university (where tuition is much less than the U.S.). As much as I think USC is a fantastic school, I think you are better off in Canada for your undergraduate education and then use the $50,000. you have now saved up for graduate school.