MIT undegrad decisions came out today

[ponyo]

Originally posted by: Tiamat
Private schools are getting past the 150k$ overall "experience" costs. Pretty soon (read: 5-10 years) you will have to take out special "mortgage" type loans on your education because nobody would be able to afford it out of pocket

That's why my daughter will go to public state college when she's old enough. I'm not wasting my money on private school education.

 

[senseamp]

Berkeley would be a better deal in state, unless you get financial aid at MIT.

 

[ajayjuneja]

congrats on getting in! Looks like you've earned it. Now PARTY (till about August, when school starts!)

 

[gopunk]

what is worth a certain amount of money, or what would be a better deal, is very subjective and situation dependent

congrats op

 

[Parasitic]

Originally posted by: senseamp
Berkeley would be a better deal in state, unless you get financial aid at MIT.

They just decided to raise tuition again...stupid Regents.
Oh wells, sucks to be still in school I gues.
(graduating in 2 months).

 

[IAteYourMother]

Originally posted by: senseamp
Berkeley would be a better deal in state, unless you get financial aid at MIT.

indeed, but especially considering my parents are sending me to a private high school, i highly doubt they'd prefer to send me berkeley over MIT. Of course, I don't even know if I got into UCB. I didn't even get an interview for regents.

 

[Parasitic]

For the price I'm paying for my college education I wish I'd chosen a private school instead...I've spent roughly 100k total accounting for tuition, summer session, living and travelling expenses.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: IAteYourMother

Originally posted by: tfinch2
I hope your parents are picking up the tab. It'd suck to get through just undergrad with 150k in loans.

well, they'll have to pick up some (probably most) of it. They wanted me to go to some prestigious private school. Right now I'm applying for a bunch of scholarships and will need to find a summer job.

You can get all the summer jobs you want, but you're not going to make a dent in that tuition. You'll get financial aid. It just might be in the form of a lot of subsidized loans.

 

[PowerEngineer]

IMHO only top-rank schools like MIT or CalTech are the only schools worth that kind of tuition.

Congradulations!

:thumbsup:

 

[Screech]

Congrats dude, great accomplishment. :thumbsup:

 

[Goosemaster]

:thumbsup:

 

[TanisHalfElven]

Originally posted by: IAteYourMother

Originally posted by: 3NF
What are you studying?

i put bioengineering, but it doesn't matter. At MIT all freshmen are undeclared, and then you delcare your major by sometime in your sophmore year

CONGRATS on getting in.

 

[SmoochyTX]

Congrats OP!

 

[Chronoshock]

Grats, enjoy pass/fail first semester . I'm finishing up senior year here, with the 5th year MEng program coming up. If you choose to do course 6 (EECS) I can give you some advice

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Naustica
40k for tuition and cost? :Q Insane. Prices are out of control.

Almost no undergrad is worth that IMO.

Remove the "Almost" from your last sentence and you'd be correct.

 

[Toastedlightly]

I was thinking of apply to MIT, then I realized 2 things:

I have no money!
My nearby state school (UofMinnesota Twin Cities) was just as well "rated" as MIT for my major

 

[IAteYourMother]

Originally posted by: Toastedlightly
I was thinking of apply to MIT, then I realized 2 things:

I have no money!
My nearby state school (UofMinnesota Twin Cities) was just as well "rated" as MIT for my major

if you really do have very little money, then finaid would probably take care of you

 

[thesurge]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: Naustica
40k for tuition and cost? :Q Insane. Prices are out of control.

Almost no undergrad is worth that IMO.

Remove the "Almost" from your last sentence and you'd be correct.

Not really.

 

[Chaotic42]

Murray's Institute of Tools?

Congratulations!

 

[naldo]

I sent an application in to MIT back when I was applying to colleges just to give the admission people a little chuckle.

Congrats though.