Where should I go? (Undecided)

You may know college is crazy expensive. You may not know that, as a student, you are capped at $27,000 in federal student loans ($5500 your first year with small increases after that). Any other loans will be on your parents.

I appreciate the fact that you have worked hard and want to aim big but I encourage you to be realistic, too. Make sure you have a solid “safe” option that you can attend. I have said multiple times that getting acceptances that are out of reach financially is worse than being rejected. I think the only thing that might be worse is getting part way through, running out of money, having no degree and still being faced with loan repayment. Aim big, sure, but have a good back up plan that excites you.

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