Vanderbilt undergrad, graduating with 40k debt : worth it?

cluelessinKS
Thu, 16 Apr 2015 03:01:17 +0000

Update: I appealed to Vanderbilt’s financial aid and they were able to give me an additional $5,000 in grant money. So, I would now be paying around $19k/year - minus work study ($2300) + plus travel costs. This has helped me feel a lot better about choosing Vanderbilt, because I now feel as if I could be taking out no more than $7k/year in personal loans (with parents co-signing.) Thank you so much, @MYOS1634 for your advice on the appeal to the financial aid department.