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UCLA/Georgetown or Boston U $$$?
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 9:40 pm
by moali88
So, I live in LA:
I was offered 20 k/year from BU
I LOVE DC/want to work in gov.
If I go to UCLA, I'll save housing costs
What should I do???
Re: UCLA/Georgetown or Boston U $$$?
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 9:44 pm
by ruleser
Think GULC is the choice since you love DC, want to work in Govt, and its the only national of the bunch.
Re: UCLA/Georgetown or Boston U $$$?
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 9:53 pm
by moali88
Is it worth the sticker price though??
Re: UCLA/Georgetown or Boston U $$$?
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 9:56 pm
by ruleser
moali88 wrote:Is it worth the sticker price though??
If you want to live in DC and do gov't, yes. If you want to live in LA, maybe - UCLA isn't a ton cheaper, saving housing costs is nice but you still have other expenses so that only saves you max 10k/year. 20K less to go to Boston if you don't want to work there doesn't make sense to me - I think you will have more than 60K worth of frustration/reduced job ops throughout life in DC/LA if you do BU instead of GULC.
Obviously though the math is for you to do and deciding more solidly where you want to end up.
Re: UCLA/Georgetown or Boston U $$$?
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 12:08 pm
by nealric
I think UCLA is completely out:
DC really isn't that expensive- you probably won't save a dime in housing costs in LA. With the state of California being as it is, the planned tuition hikes actually exceed the cost of GULC.