Personally, I never got caught up in prestige. While it would feel great to get accepted into an elite school, the thought of large scholarships always appealed to me more. I have made posts before and realize that I could go to some great schools for a very low COA.
My main affordable school right now is Ohio State. With my current stats, the COA would be about 22k/year but with a 10 point SAT increase it would be down to around 20k/year. There is also a possibility of a full tuition or even full ride bringing the COA to either 10-15k for full tuition, or almost nothing for full ride.
This sounds great, but my major unfortunately seems to really care about prestige. While I am not set for IB, and I don't think most 17 year olds are other than for large salary reasons. However, I don't want to close doors before having a chance to even open them. Some of my "reachier" schools are Georgetown, BC, and Villanova. These and a few others luckily meet need. The NPCs came out to around 25k/year.
Would a more prestigious school be worth it for finance? Let's use the full tuition as the cost effective scenario because if I don't get it at OSU, I could get one at Temple automatically. With full tuition, costs would be around 10k-15k/year. Do you think a more prestigious school is worth an additional 10k/year? My family is middle class and the extra cost is doable, but if it's not worth it, I would rather not do it.
Also, does being a "_____ Scholar at X university" matter at all for internship/job recruiting compared to just "Student at X university"? Would it help me stand out or does it not matter?
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