Which college should I choose?

Question

I'm having a dilemma. Assuming that I get into each school, I need to choose between two colleges.

Cazenovia College is a small college in upstate New York. The school has about 911 students in it currently. I've visited, loved the town, and the small school size. I'm planning on studying Equine Business Management at the school, and it has an excellent riding facility. The only thing is is that it is a private school and will cost around $32,000 per year but my parents will pay for only a little bit. It is also 4 hours away from home.

The other school I am interested in is UCONN, Connecticut's main state college. The tuition is much cheaper, at around $20,000 per year and my parents will pay for it. It's close to home, only about 45 minutes away. I'd be studying Equine Science there, and it is just as good as Cazenovia's program. However, the campus is huge. I feel like there's too many people. But I still would consider going there.

Which is the better choice in your opinion?

Answer 1

If you really are pretty sure that you want to go into that field, you would probably be safe at Cazenovia, assuming you anticipate that the field would earn you enough to be able to repay the loans in the long run.

UConn has a much broader reputation, so if you were talking about going on to grad school or going into a field in which you would have to impress potential employers with the school at which you got your degree, I would have recommended that. With a school that is as small as Cazenovia, there is always a danger that it could eventually go out of business, and your degree might not be valued as much. However, if your plan is to do something like run a stables, there would be relatively little snobbery in that way, so I think you would be fine anyway.

I went to a large undergrad school and was completely overwhelmed by it, so I dropped out twice before transferring elsewhere. I don't think I would ever have looked at a school like Cazenovia, which is less than 1/3 the size of my high school, but it sounds like you have been there and seen it and are comfortable with it. I would vote for that for you.

Answer 2

If you went to UConn would you commute to the campus, or live on campus? Personally, I think rooming on campus is part of the whole college experience and would encourage that.

If your parents will pay 20,000 for UConn, I hope they'd pay the same amount toward Cazenovia (even though you say they'd only pay a "little bit.") See if there are grants and scholarships or financial aid that would help make up the difference. Maybe you can make it work out, then you could weigh the options with more information.

Answer 3

Not sure if you know this, but you should ALWAYS pick the school that has the best program for which you want to major. So, you need to do some research and find out which of the two schools has the better equine business program. Go to that one (irregardless of money). You will get a better education, more opportunities and they will be better able to help you get a job when you graduate. If they have equally ranked programs, go to the cheaper school.

It's that simple!

Answer 4

Having attended 4 different colleges and having obtained 2 different degrees, I would definitely go to UCONN. It is nice to be somewhat near home, and not having loans hitting you in the face will be nice when you graduate. Definitely take the MOMDAD full ride scholarship you have available to you.

Answer 5

Flip a coin, and no, I'm not kidding. Hear me out, okay. Heads is Cazenovia, tails is UCONN. Whatever you flip is where you should go, unless of course, you are disappointed with what the results are. Then you should go to the other one.

Answer 6

1. closer to home
uconn
2. cheaper
uconn
3. smaller
casenovia

well uconn won

Answer 7

I would pick Uconn.

Answer 8

Im a Freshman at Rutgers, and let me give you words of wisdom, here it goes: Choose what you CAN afford financially. THINK REALISTICALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!