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finssidedown
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Hey all.  I'm new here, but I'm looking for some insight about whether or not I should transfer universities.

This is long so I put sparknotes at the bottom.



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So guess what came in the mail today. Chapman University letter of acceptance! Here is the kicker... I don't know if I still want to go.



There so many opportunities at Chapman, the opportunity to meet new people (more specifically, some business majors!), better faculty, better hookups when I graduate and need a job, more stuff to do when I'm on campus.



Then there's Cal Poly Pomona. Nothing really so wrong that I can't work with it, but once I graduate I'm pretty sure I'm on my own in term of getting a job, and I'll know very few accounting majors to help me out. Due to the state budget cuts getting classes is a bitch so I might be staying over my 4 years to graduate. BUT thanks to it being a public school, classes are easier so I can have a higher GPA.



Cal Poly Pomona is just a very average place to be.

(I hate being average more than anything)

Now the thing is that while I'm leaning towards going to Chapman, I'm wondering if it's worth $45,000 a year. My parent won't get financial aid so it's $90,000 out of pocket. That's a fucking Porsche! I know we can afford it, but any way you cut it, $90k is an insane amount of money for 2 years of school.





Sparknotes: Stay at Cal Poly Pomona, or go to mega expensive Chapman University?


What do you think?

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May 29 2008 9:13PM
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skierdudeguy
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" Cal Poly Pomona is just a very average place to be.

(I hate being average more than anything)"

loans can be repaid. its better not to have to, but if its the right school for you, its worth it.
May 29 2008 9:33PM
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Red_Shirt
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Chapman's a better school, plus you would have a better career placement office.
Go to Chapman.
May 29 2008 9:44PM
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speedy29
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My friends a Film major at Chapman and loves it. The classes are smaller than the state school she was at before. The City of Orange is super cool place to live. Cal Poly is really nice too. You should go where you want to go more.
May 29 2008 10:13PM
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Alkyy
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do you really wanna be getting into your lifetime career at the age of 23 if you do  then go for the expencive and better one because your gunna have to to pay off that debt.  If you want to have a few years to do something else, pay off some bills and find where you really wanna live, go to the cheaper one, its not a shitty school so you'll get a job
May 29 2008 10:24PM
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finssidedown
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Thanks guys.

No debt to pay off here... My rents have it covered, but it's a lot of money so I feel bad.
May 29 2008 10:33PM
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ryan.c
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if money personally for you isnt a factor, go to the more expensive school. the reason why? you said ur almost guaranteed a job out, the other school ur on ur own. the economy blows right now, and the way its goin, 2 years later wont be any better. kids coming out of college are desperately tryin to get jobs. if you can get into a college that has ties with job offerings and do very well with them, go there.
May 29 2008 10:38PM
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