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Monday, February 16, 2009

OCU and new rankings

I received the official acceptance letter from OCU last saturday. It contained a scholarship worth $22,000 which isn't bad and by my calculations would make it the cheapest so far. The problem is it's only $6,000 cheaper which does not make up for the +30 difference in rankings. Normally I would not care about rankings but I think Tulsa is just superior than OCU.

So here is how I rank the schools I've been accepted to:

  1. Tulsa > Great location, good scholarship requirements, and fairly inexpensive
  2. OCU > Good location, poor scholarship requirements, and the cheapest
  3. Quinnipiac > Far away from everyone I know, horrible scholarship requirements, and the most expensive

Here's how it will look if I'm accepted everywhere else, with not more addition scholarships:

  1. Utah > Possible gradute with under $40,000 of debt, good location, close to family, possibly will not have to pay room and board
  2. UNM > Out-of-state tuition would be a bummer for a year, possibly be able to live family to save money, Unlce is a lawyer so that would offer great networking
  3. OU > Be able to live in Oklahoma which is what I've wanted to do, OU is the dominent school in Oklahoma which would mean a good chacnce at an excellant job
  4. Tulsa > See above
  5. OCU > See above
  6. Quinnipiac > See above

1 comment:

  1. Totally didn't know you had a blog. You nerd you :) Like I can talk. I've had mine since June. Anyways, I've been working on my externship information and if you go to Tulsa or Oklahoma City/Norman I could totally swing it to come visit on a fairly regular basis. Heck, you could almost have a part time roommate for half a semester. Something to consider ;)

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