I did not expect this
Apr. 4th, 2008 07:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bedlamsbardI'm really, really torn right now, college-wise: it's down to Wellesley or Tulane, and if it wasn't for the money issue, it would be Tulane, because I love Tulane: the school, the environment, the Honors Program, the Newcomb Institute, New Orleans, the weather, everything. But -- Wellesley offered me $44,000 (renewable) in grants, and I can use my AFROTC scholarship there, which is another $15,000 a year for sophomore through senior years, which is practically a full ride. I'd have to take out about $20,000 a year in loans to go to Tulane (since, you know, I didn't apply for scholarships because I was trying to graduate high school. goddamn senior project).
I think I'd be okay at Wellesley. It's just -- it's not the all-women's thing that's throwing me, so much. It's the New England thing. And, God, a year ago I would have killed to be anywhere near Boston (I used to love Boston), but after seeing Tulane, the only place I really want to be is New Orleans and the South. And the weather is an issue, because I just spent eighteen years in Washington dealing with horrible winters; I'd like four years where the temperature is above zero fahrenheit, thanks. Of course, given the fact that I have no social life, and I'll probably spend all my time studying anyway -- physics major, yo -- I won't be outside, but hello, I live in central Washington, I don't want to be somewhere where the weather is the same or worse.
And part of it is also that I don't want to turn down Wellesley. But it's mostly the money, because I don't know how I can justify taking out thousands of dollars in loans to go to Tulane when I practically have a full ride (god, I know, it isn't a full ride, but it's close) at Wellesley, which is supposedly a better school anyway. But I love Tulane.
*beats head into wall* This wasn't supposed to happen. For one thing, I wasn't supposed to get into Wellesley. I wasn't supposed to like Tulane -- it was my backup school. I was supposed to like all of them equally, and then choose based on the money. Yeah, that's working out well.
I think I'd be okay at Wellesley. It's just -- it's not the all-women's thing that's throwing me, so much. It's the New England thing. And, God, a year ago I would have killed to be anywhere near Boston (I used to love Boston), but after seeing Tulane, the only place I really want to be is New Orleans and the South. And the weather is an issue, because I just spent eighteen years in Washington dealing with horrible winters; I'd like four years where the temperature is above zero fahrenheit, thanks. Of course, given the fact that I have no social life, and I'll probably spend all my time studying anyway -- physics major, yo -- I won't be outside, but hello, I live in central Washington, I don't want to be somewhere where the weather is the same or worse.
And part of it is also that I don't want to turn down Wellesley. But it's mostly the money, because I don't know how I can justify taking out thousands of dollars in loans to go to Tulane when I practically have a full ride (god, I know, it isn't a full ride, but it's close) at Wellesley, which is supposedly a better school anyway. But I love Tulane.
*beats head into wall* This wasn't supposed to happen. For one thing, I wasn't supposed to get into Wellesley. I wasn't supposed to like Tulane -- it was my backup school. I was supposed to like all of them equally, and then choose based on the money. Yeah, that's working out well.