Recently admitted with no scholarship money. Is SMU worth attending if I have to borrow 180k to pay for it? My backup is a masters in public policy with a full scholarship. I feel like every person I talk to isn't paying for it on their own and have wealthy parents/grandparents/friends/etc. or are trust fund babies.
Any thoughts?
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JamMasterJ
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Very few of those people are on here. Conventional TLS wisdom will tell you that SMU is not highly ranked enough to pay full tuition. I agree with thisannalise20 wrote:Recently admitted with no scholarship money. Is SMU worth attending if I have to borrow 180k to pay for it? My backup is a masters in public policy with a full scholarship. I feel like every person I talk to isn't paying for it on their own and have wealthy parents/grandparents/friends/etc. or are trust fund babies.
Any thoughts?
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ran12
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SMU prob isn't worth 180k but that's really a decision for you to make. MPP is not worth doing even at full tuition. Work in gov't in DC for a few years and you'll get just as much or more education, not to mention you'll be making money and connections.
