I got financial aid back from Barnard College of Columbia University; total cost 400k (parents will pay half.
How worth is it to go to columbia over an instate school, UCSD, UCB, UCLA level?
I want to go into IB but understand its competitive.
In state would cost around 200k total (parents will pay half)
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