So how did you do with Financial Aid - it's posted

ihaveaname
Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:32:53 +0000

I got about $40,000 in grants and $9,000 in loans. After work study, I need to come up with $9,000 a year. My parents are still recovering from the recession, so they’d likely have to take out PLUS loans. I’m currently enrolled in MCS for Physics, but I’m considering switching to ECE if I can. I’m concerned with whether or not CMU is worth $80,000 in debt even if I switch to ECE.
High school counselors always teach us to do well on standardized tests in order to go to state school for free, but they never tell us about how much debt is okay. My parents didn’t pay much for college so they don’t know either. I don’t know if I can afford $20,000 a year or not.