I disagree about not considering money at all. Yes, you have the rest of your life to pay back your loans and if you go to an expensive school, you will be payi

I disagree about not considering money at all. Yes, you have the rest of your life to pay back your loans and if you go to an expensive school, you will be paying them back for a long time. You can be happy anywhere. Don't rely on a place to make you happy - YOU make yourself happy. You can make friends and pursue interests and passions of all kinds at any of the schools you listed. Student loans have very different rules from other types of loans in this country... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNM7nvcVm-0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNM7nvcVm-0 And remember, these days you're paying for a piece of paper that says you graduated from some place. Everything you'll learn in college you can learn right now for free.