Tech or The Institute

noimagination
Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:08:19 +0000

I’ve narrowed it down to two, MIT and Georgia Tech. Now…the catch is that, after all scholarship money is taken into account, MIT would cost me ~12k a year (family could pay for it no big deal…but I’d be doing ROTC, which I want to do anyways, but could take away from the college experience). Now, Georgia Tech would be absolutely free…

I want to do aerospace engineering. MIT is ranked #1, Georgia Tech is #2. I want to serve in the military anyways, so doing ROTC isn’t a big deal (and I might do it at Tech anyways). But is MIT worth the 50k a year more than Tech?

Would I pay $50k/yr more for MIT than GT? No way.
Would I pay $12k/yr more? Much more likely.

But that’s me, with my assets. If I had $10 million in the bank, I might approach that price differential in another way. So I can’t make your financial choices for you.

I think there are a few questions you should ask yourself:

1) How sure are you about ROTC and eventual military service? What is that interest based upon?

2) If not in the military (or after your service) what kind of career would you want?

3) How do you feel about the two schools? Boston vs. Atlanta? What kind of “college experience” are you looking for?

Congratulations on two great offers!