I've gotten told the same (being selfish because I had to pay) when I mention that my parents wanted to go to a well respected tech school in Upstate NY. After one year, I went broke, but still had to pay back thousands of debt in the form of student loans (at I think it was... 8%... if I'm not mistaken).
Guess what? I did it. Not gladly, but I had to eat it and couldn't bitch about it because it was my decision in the end to go.
My opinoin: You want a big name? Pay for it. Want to go to city/community college? Then we'll pay.
When I couldn't afford that school I came back home (Queens, NY) and went to a CUNY (City Univ. of NY). My finances were too fucked up to finish, but the year I did spend at CUNY was superior to that at big school. Professors that actually gave a shit, helpful admins.
I wish people stop shitting on such schools, and going for 'big name'. I bet they're better than everyone thinks, everywhere.
Edit: for comparison, again, this was the late 90's. Big tech school in Upstate NY was $23,000 a year. CUNY - $3,000.
I've already heard people say, we are being selfish because we don't want them to get any relief from their 100K gender studies debt.
I've gotten told the same (being selfish because I had to pay) when I mention that my parents wanted to go to a well respected tech school in Upstate NY. After one year, I went broke, but still had to pay back thousands of debt in the form of student loans (at I think it was... 8%... if I'm not mistaken).
Guess what? I did it. Not gladly, but I had to eat it and couldn't bitch about it because it was my decision in the end to go.
My opinoin: You want a big name? Pay for it. Want to go to city/community college? Then we'll pay.
When I couldn't afford that school I came back home (Queens, NY) and went to a CUNY (City Univ. of NY). My finances were too fucked up to finish, but the year I did spend at CUNY was superior to that at big school. Professors that actually gave a shit, helpful admins.
I wish people stop shitting on such schools, and going for 'big name'. I bet they're better than everyone thinks, everywhere.
Edit: for comparison, again, this was the late 90's. Big tech school in Upstate NY was $23,000 a year. CUNY - $3,000.
No you didn’t.