Furthermore, I’m currently employed full-time, and take 2-3 classes per semester, so I’m sure if I take around 5 classes a semester I would still work a couple days a week. I also have some money saved for college. I’m also a Russian immigrant, which qualifies me for a couple interesting immigrant scholarships.
I’m a freshman in college. My parents looked into co-signing loans, and all interest rates were at least 7%. I also wanted to go to Temple out-of-state, it would’ve costed $120,000+.
Please don’t consider massive debt; CA has the best public schools in the country.
I’m going to be a transfer student with lots of credits and I’m applying to at least 12 schools so I’m going to pick the schools that give me the best aid +whichever accept the most credits from my time at community college in order to shorten my education as much as I can
I’ve already saved money by doing the community college route
The best aid won’t be at out-of-state publics. Temple costs $36,000 with room & board, so that’s $72,000. Federal student loans are $7500 (?) for upperclassman, which is max recommended.
According to Temple’s tuition calculator, Fox school of business is $35,114.00 per year before housing. Also, I’m not only applying to out of state publics. I didn’t disclose my whole list and life plan on this thread I just asked questions about a few specific colleges. I have a mix of private and public universities. And like I said, my parents will be able to help out. However, they have a “small business” (real estate investment company) so how much they can help depends on how much money they make up until I decide which school I’m attending when I get my acceptance letters back.
Well, if your parents have a high income and/or or assets, and you are still a dependent student, then the only aid you might get is loans. Did you qualify for Calgrant in CA? Then it might be better to finish your degree there.
High debt is going to impact your life after graduation for decades. Just something to think about.
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I wasn’t saying your list was all publics. I was advising against massive debt, since you mentioned co-signing.
A small business often makes an unaffordable EFC. Is this be case?
I plan on living a child-free life so paying back debt will be much easier than for those that end up with kids. I’m also getting a degree that will make me more money than something such as english, fine arts, psych, etc. I’m just keeping my eye on the expected ROI. For example if I get into NEU or Villanova It’ll be worth it if it’s a little bit more debt than other schools. There aren’t many good, public schools in CA that offer finance degrees for undergraduates btw
@newjerseygirl98 yes, California has the best publics…if we’re talking about the UCs.
UC Berkeley in particular is phenomenal, which is why my girlfriend is a bigger baller than I am 
I got accepted to Rider university and I visited. The campus was a tad small for me and stuff but they offered me a lot of money which I think is a plus
Well, you have a safety now. But I honesly think you can do better than Rider. WCU would be better. And for finance, you’d be better off a Temple (or TCNJ or Baruch or Albany).
I mean I (OP) have Temple and TCNJ for safeties. I have not applied to any of these schools.
Sorry, I didn’t realize it was a hijack… 
Ok, perfect. Temple and TCNJ are good universities indeed.
No worries! I think they just wanted to offer their .02 but I’d made up my mind already. I have drexel as well because of their co op system. Rider didn’t seem worth the price to me compared to other options.
If you like co-op, apply to U Cincinnati by December 1st.
Stumbled upon this forum because of the Rider University reference in the forum title. Does anyone know if Rider is a suitcase school? Commuter / most undergrads leave campus on the weekends ?
I don’t have any quantifiable data but when I was reading into it a few months ago it seemed like it was a bit of a backpack school.
I honestly found Rider to be a bit of a backpack school. I visited on a Saturday after being accepted and the place seemed kind of empty, there didn’t seem much to do or many students.