Chicago Kent 20k/yr @ 3.25 or Rutgers 10k grant w/ 8k or 5k?
Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 9:08 pm
Hey, guys. I'll try to keep it short.
Another forum poster very nicely alerted me that my poll seemed to be going nowhere because I originally posted this thing in the wrong thread area....
Frankly, I was a little amazed that I even got into a decent school, but here I am. A few schools accepted me: Indiana-Indianapolis, Rutgers Camden, Chicago Kent at IIT and several others. Other rejections and acceptance letters will come trickling in I'm sure, but I need to ask your guys' opinions.
Chicago Kent's acceptance letter came in pretty late. Obviously I know that it's ranked higher than Rutgers Camden, but I want to know which school you guys would choose. Kent's scholarship money offer would be cut in half to 10,000 per year if I fall below a 3.25 but keep myself above a 3. I haven't even begun looking at housing in Chicago yet.
Then there's Rutgers... They're giving me 10,000 off right off the bat for my first year. Then I'll get 8k renewable for a 3.5 GPA or 5k renewable for a 3.33.
Cost of Kent without scholarship money? About 42,000. Rutgers? About 25,000. With scholarships in place they turn out to be just about the same.
And yes, I've been keeping an eye on Rutgers' general trend DOWN the ranking list and that doesn't really jazz me, but what can one do? Also, IIT seems to be going upward.
So far, I'm leaning more towards Rutgers because I've registered for their summer jump start program which allows me to take 4 units during the summer which will make my first year much easier---or so I think.
What do you guys think? I'd love to hear what you think. Chicago has its draws and I would probably go for Kent if I didn't already sign the darned lease!!
Another forum poster very nicely alerted me that my poll seemed to be going nowhere because I originally posted this thing in the wrong thread area....
Frankly, I was a little amazed that I even got into a decent school, but here I am. A few schools accepted me: Indiana-Indianapolis, Rutgers Camden, Chicago Kent at IIT and several others. Other rejections and acceptance letters will come trickling in I'm sure, but I need to ask your guys' opinions.
Chicago Kent's acceptance letter came in pretty late. Obviously I know that it's ranked higher than Rutgers Camden, but I want to know which school you guys would choose. Kent's scholarship money offer would be cut in half to 10,000 per year if I fall below a 3.25 but keep myself above a 3. I haven't even begun looking at housing in Chicago yet.
Then there's Rutgers... They're giving me 10,000 off right off the bat for my first year. Then I'll get 8k renewable for a 3.5 GPA or 5k renewable for a 3.33.
Cost of Kent without scholarship money? About 42,000. Rutgers? About 25,000. With scholarships in place they turn out to be just about the same.
And yes, I've been keeping an eye on Rutgers' general trend DOWN the ranking list and that doesn't really jazz me, but what can one do? Also, IIT seems to be going upward.
So far, I'm leaning more towards Rutgers because I've registered for their summer jump start program which allows me to take 4 units during the summer which will make my first year much easier---or so I think.
What do you guys think? I'd love to hear what you think. Chicago has its draws and I would probably go for Kent if I didn't already sign the darned lease!!