[HELP] Discovering College for a Senior

[BasilofBakerStreet]

That actually just shows you where your ISP is. I'm in the Hampton/Newport News area of Va.

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[Tallica]

That actually just shows you where your ISP is. I'm in the Hampton/Newport News area of Va.

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Huh, that's weird, see any dog fighting lately,LOL.

I live in Middleboro, Ma. That is why I was asking.

[BasilofBakerStreet]

That actually just shows you where your ISP is. I'm in the Hampton/Newport News area of Va.

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Huh, that's weird, see any dog fighting lately,LOL.

I live in Middleboro, Ma. That is why I was asking.

That's funny, no dog fights since the Vick incident.

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[quaffapint]

thanks Abe!
believe me. PA has Penn State and when you go there you're a number not a person. haha

The only reason I would pick a private school is if it's out of state because they could be cheaper than a state school. and give me a better scholarship if they're interested.

my biggest fear about college is that when i pick a major i'll get bored in a matter of two years and be afraid to change it and start all over.

I'm a PAer myself. I went to Pitt and then a smaller state school.

I found, like you hinted at, that at large schools you don't get that personal touch until maybe your last year or so. At Pitt if I wasn't sitting in an auditorium of 300 other kids, I was being taught by a TA (teaching asst - grad student), who was often hard to understand. When I went to the smaller state school, it was a revelation of how a college should be - small class sizes, the teachers actually teach and you can even talk to them .

I do programming now and have a decent career of it. Personally, when my kids go to school I'm going to steer them towards some of the smaller state schools.

If you look at the college rating books, you'll find some of the PA state schools really turned in a good bang for the buck and ranked well. But, as with most of life's decisions, it depends upon the individual to find what fits him/her the best .

[DessoThumbs]

I graduated from MTSU (Middle Tennessee State University) with a major in Aerospace Technology. It's a great school for Aerospace as well as Recording Tech/Admin. I had a blast there, I was a brother of the Kappa Alpha Order.

My oldest daughter is a Sophomore at Wake Forest University majoring in Biology with an eye on med school. My youngest daughter just started at Elon University majoring in English with an eye on law school. Both of these schools are excellent but they require a lot of study and class prep.

Good luck on whatever you choose!

[ty_]

wow!
these are all really helpful.

unfortunately, the military is not on my horizon, I don't have much of an interest in fighting for my country.

My current interest is University of Delaware and I want to major in Renewable Energy Technology.

That entire field interests me immensely and not many colleges advertise a major like that yet, what kind of major would be the same but maybe with a different title?

[Abe21599]

wow!
these are all really helpful.

unfortunately, the military is not on my horizon, I don't have much of an interest in fighting for my country.

My current interest is University of Delaware and I want to major in Renewable Energy Technology.

That entire field interests me immensely and not many colleges advertise a major like that yet, what kind of major would be the same but maybe with a different title?

enviromental engineering possibly

[quaffapint]

wow!
these are all really helpful.

unfortunately, the military is not on my horizon, I don't have much of an interest in fighting for my country.

My current interest is University of Delaware and I want to major in Renewable Energy Technology.

That entire field interests me immensely and not many colleges advertise a major like that yet, what kind of major would be the same but maybe with a different title?

I did my masters at UD. The campus wasn't that great, but it was a good school and even cheaper than Penn State, and that's at out of state prices.

[number6]

I work at the University of Pennsylvania in Philly, but of course that's one of the big, private, expensive schools it sounds like you're trying to avoid (although I believe we recently dropped student loans and financial aid is now only via grants, which you wouldn't have to pay back!).

But right next door to Penn is Drexel University. It's smaller and known for being a great school for technical areas like engineering and IT. You might want to give it a look.

[pilot25]

If you aren't going to a Class A school like Yale, Harvard, Princeton etc. then economize. Ex. Duke is $50k per year. Good school but not worth 50k. You can take that 200k and invest it at a 4% return compounded over 30 years. Then find get a job that you enjoy. Most college grads aren't going to make more than a non-college grad for at least the first 10 years. If you average say 70k while the college grad averages 100k you still are ahead because of the money you banked and earnings for the 4 years you didn't enter into college. Ivy grads, for the most part, are going to earn well above the average which skewes the math and makes college worth while. Additionally, if you are below a certain income level, 130k /year, Harvard pro rates their tuition. side note: Harvard's endowment is so large they could pay the salary of every teacher, tuition of every student, and still have hundreds of millions left over each year. just food for thought on the schools that bleed students dry.

Do the math and you will see college doesn't pay anymore. The astronomical increases in tuition in the last 15 years is abhorrent and the schools should be ashamed of themselves for charging so much.