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Originally Posted by HaXx
nothing against state schools, thats why this decision is so hard for me, resorting to the forum to see what the peanut gallery has to say haha. my father says go to the school in boston "do great things, son", my practical mother says come out of it all with zero debt. my parents are no longer married fyi  |
Unless your Dad plans to cover the debt, your Mom is giving you the right advise. IMHO. Think of it this way, what happens if you, for some reason besides being a slacker, you fail out 2/3rds of the way through? How you going to pay the debt then? You can't bankrupt it. It will be nothing but a drag. What good does it if the degree gets you and little extra money in your first job if it all goes to the bank?
I'm not sure what field you are in, but very few fields really matter where you got your education, except maybe your first job. Hell, look at the medical field, very few come from the "elite schools", but we all call them Dr. and they all get the big checks. Heck, a good percentage of them came from schools that you've never heard of, that aren't in this country.