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A Glimpse into My Future - Update
Anyway, I figure its been a while since I've updated you all on college stuff, and a lot has happened since my trip to Chicago. Here's the current status of all the colleges I applied to:
----Illinois Institute of Technology----
Cost of attendance per year for (2006/2007): $35,000
Financial Aid Supplied per year: $17,500
Will I go here? Most likely, not; Chicago's weather was just too cold for this California-native, and the cost is not as low as a couple of the other schools currently are, after financial aid.
----Texas Christian University----
Cost of attendance per year for (2006/2007): $31,500
Financial Aid Supplied per year: $9,850
Will I go here? Nope. I applied because of a cost- and essay-free application, but the amount of financial aid they're offering isn't high enough to get me excited about possibly attending.
----University of California, Riverside----
Cost of attendance per year for (2006/2007): $22,307
Financial Aid Supplied per year: $16,051
Will I go here? Well, its up there. UCR is placed at about #3, with MIT and UCI ahead of it. The amount of financial aid is very nice (it'll cost me about $6000 a year to attend with the aid I've received), but I've heard the atmosphere (the planetary one, not the ambience) is kind of, well, smoggy. If I don't get a similar amount of money from UCI and I'm not accepted to MIT, I may end up going here. I've read UCR has a budding nano-technology division, though, so its not all bad :D
----University of California, Irvine----
Cost of attendance per year for (2006/2007): $20,296
Financial Aid Supplied per year: Unknown
Will I go here? This is my second choice for a college. I've been accepted, but I haven't heard anything from them in terms of financial aid. UCI did show up on a list of the top 50 Engineering colleges in the country, and I've heard a lot of good about the school, so I'm eager to see if this college will live up to its hype.
----University of California, San Diego----
Cost of attendance per year for (2006/2007): $20,112
Financial Aid Supplied per year: Unknown
Will I go here? Possibly, just found out today that I got accepted. I was accepted as a Bioengineering major at Revelle College; I wonder if this major will get me into nanotechnology? It would be worth it to go to UCSD if it got me closer to my goal than going to UCI would. Anyway, its up there, at about #4.
----Massachusetts Institute of Technology----
Cost of attendance per year for (2006/2007): $44,600
Financial Aid Supplied per year: Unknown
Will I go here? No, rejected
Geez, I know its a lot of reading, but there ya have it. As you might have guessed from the names of the schools I applied to, I'm shooting for either a degree in EE (Electrical Engineering) or CE (Computer Engineering). My main goal is to break into the nano-technology industry, so I picked these majors hoping that they'll lead me to my goal. If you guys know of any better major to pursue, let me know! I'd hate to work on a major, only to be directed away from the future I want to pursue =
Tomorrow, I find out whether or not I've been accepted to MIT!!! The tension is so palpable right now, you could tear it in twain with minimal effort. I'll find out bright and early tomorrow morning, so as soon as I find out, you'll know :D
Wish me luck!
[EDIT]
So yeah, I checked out my admissions decision to MIT, and:
Here's the letter I received when I logged into their system to check my status. I'm a little down, but I figure there's always graduate school =|
By Matt @ Sun Mar 19, 2006 09:43 AM
There is government support, in fact a majority of the ~$16,000 in financial aid I received from UC Riverside was from the government.
Now, here's the interesting thing: state universities are funded by the government. Since I live in California, I get a HUGE "discount" on my tuition and fees to the University of California colleges. Here's the difference:
In-state tuition and fees: $6,770
Out-of-state tuition and fees: $24,590
The $18,000 difference is because of California tax-payer's money. The rest of the cost is from room and board, books, and various fees.
Private colleges tend to cost more because they don't receive anything from the government to offset their costs. This is a choice they make, as it means they can accept whoever they want and aren't subject to government limits on, say, accepting a certain number of individuals of a certain race or gender. Thats why places like MIT cost ~$45,000 a year to attend; they have top-notch teachers, so to pay off their staff, the students get hit with the huge tuition fees.
Does that answer your question?
By EER @ Sun Mar 19, 2006 02:34 PM
That clears things up a bit, yes thank you.
In the Netherlands, most schools are part of the government so the government has to decide on the costs of yearly fees.
Currently it is around $ 1,800
For private eductation, it's around $ 24,000 which makes sense since they have to pay for their teachers themselves.
By William @ Sun Mar 26, 2006 02:08 AM
http://forums.wolfram-studios.com/viewtopic.php?t=1022
Yeah education = expensive = rape = anal bandaids = expensive
By EER @ Sun Mar 19, 2006 05:30 AM
Good luck Matt!
Still I am confused about the amount of money you have to pay to go to school, is there no government support at all in the USA? Or are all the universities privately funded?