State school vs. Harvard/Columbia/Penn

[InformMe123]

If the total cost difference after 4 years between going to a state school or going to Harvard, Columbia, Penn was say around $100,000, would it still be worth going ivy league or does the cost really matter at the end?

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[periopocket]

Harvard/Penn/Columbia will most likely give you a slight edge on specializing...but it's not worth the extra 150k in my opinion! Avg. state school runs about 250k and avg. private is about 400k (all inclusive).

 

[gn4]

Isn't interest rate at 6.8% now? Unless you really want to specialize, I don't see the point. I'm glad in my case, I'd never have to worry about any of those schools anyway. Don't have the stats for them

 

[UCLAzy]

Lol re: interest rate.. the stuff in the news is for undergrad . Professional starts at 6.8 and goes to 7.9 after 40k or so.

 

[gn4]

Lol re: interest rate.. the stuff in the news is for undergrad . Professional starts at 6.8 and goes to 7.9 after 40k or so.

oh wow. thanks for the info. so we screwed regardless anyway. haha