from, not for

Canada is cheap, certainly something to consider. Tuition is only about $5000 at any school (even less in Quebec) and for a foreigner the most you'll pay is around $10,000. That's really not bad considering that there are not too many universities here that aren't quality schools. Heck even Windsor's pretty good. Plus Canadian schools are so gung ho on diversity that they'll let foreigners in with substandard marks and have plenty of government money to throw at you in the way of scholarships. If you have marks over 90% then school will cost next to nothing, over 95% and it's almost guaranteed to be free.

As far as the OSU thing goes I would advise against it. I mean the school's name is after a tree. Or is it even a tree? It may be a bush, I'm not really sure. Whatever it is it's stupid. Also if you don't like the city/state/people where you're going to school then you probably won't enjoy school. Environment should actually be one of the top considerations when looking at schools.

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Originally posted by Twigger:

That may be true alex but Windsor is dirty. (OSU is too, in my mind at least, its a concrete campus   )

Windsor's only dirty around the school campus. 

This is becoming the college thread, so I'll post my problems here..

I applied to 2 colleges, and I was pretty much expecting to get accepted into both, but today I learned I got accepted into one and waitlisted in the other one.  If the schools switched places, it might not be a problem, because the one I'm on the list for is the one I was leaning towards.  Now I feel like I don't even have a choice any more.  What are the chances of getting in if you are on the wait list?  Pretty slim, I assume.

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Originally posted by Twigger:

For anyone that wants to know the school is Indiana University of Pennsylvania.....

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there's one that'll throw you for a loop

Congrats on your decision and your performances that have helped you get this far. I'm actually very surprised that your financial aid package is so good. Hopefully the HC lives up to your expectations.

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Originally posted by Twigger:

I recently got accepted to every school that I applied to. Now I have the next few weeks to figure out where I am actually going to go.

The issue is that I can go to my dream school with idk how much aid right now but w/out anything costs about 13,000-14,000. With just merit aid will certainly go below 10,000 but I am not sure how much and then idk about athletic scholarships because it is a very strong D2. I know that this would be the best school for me with their honors program. It is about 4.5 to 5 hours from where I live now (car).

My second choice is still a good school but not as great academically and is alot larger but will only cost between 2,000 and 5,000 depending on extra scholarships because they have already offered me a generous athletic scholarship at D1 level. To throw a twist on this, the second school is in the area that I used to live before moving the summer after my sophomore year. I love the area and the people and am good friends with 2 people already on the team there. It is about 24 hours from where I live now (car).

I know that I will have to make the decision but to all of the JUNIORS, SENIORS, and OLDER runners what are your thoughts on this issue??

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see what calls out to you. i picked a school that is 20,000 a year with only being offered a small percentage of that being paid for by a track scholarship. but that school was the one that called out to me the most out of any other school. there was another one that cost about equal and i would have gotten almost a full-ride if i had gone there but i just didnt like the school at all. i didnt get a good feeling about it.
edited to say that i also picked a small school because it fit my learning style - i have always struggled with acedemics - and i enjoyed interacting with my professors and the way they taught was the best way to learn instead of sitting in a room with 300 people and being lucky if i can take everything down from the lectures or stay awake.

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some quotes worth putting up:
"I aint scared of al Quaida, I'm scared of al cracka" - Chris Rock
If you're working at Wal-mart and have 10 kids, stop having kids - Charles Barkley
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other - Mother Teresa

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