I really can’t think of any reasons to go to Penn or Tufts over UF since it’s your in state. I’m not one of the people in the “go to the cheapest school” camp when it’s pretty close, or you can really justify it being a good chunk of money. But this is one of the most drastic I’ve ever seen. The total cost of attendance for UF IS is around $115,000. For Penn OOS it’s Round $360,000 if you borrow everything. If you don’t, you can get by with just over $300,000. Still, you’re going to be borrowing around $200,000 extra AT BEST before interest to go to Penn, and it’s about the same at Tufts.
I love Penn. I can’t see myself at any other school and there are a lot of personal reasons that led me to come here. For example, my entire family is 30 minutes away or less. My girlfriend goes to school in philly and we live together now. We’ve been together for five years. They’d all kill me if they saw this, but: I love them all, but I don’t $200,000 love them. I don’t think anyone would disagree with that.