Switching Graduate School in July!!!!!!

juillet
Mon, 09 Jul 2012 15:56:40 +0000

I’m kind of confused as to why you are backing out of RIT and wanting to go to Stevens now; I mean, I know that Hoboken is right outside of New York, but Rochester is a nice city in its own right and you’re only going to be there for two years. I think it’s a bit crazy to turn down money simply to be outside of NYC for two years. The cost of living is also lower in Rochester, which means that if you have to borrow money to cover living expenses your total program cost will be cheaper.

$24K is actually a rather large difference (when you look at the cost of 2 years), but it also depends on whether your job prospects are just going to be THAT MUCH better coming out of Stevens. I doubt they will be. However, the tuition at Stevens is also about $6,000 cheaper, which is almost half the worth of the scholarship, although the difference may be made up by fees.