By: Brian Smyth

Brian Smyth
Tue, 08 Apr 2014 04:38:55 +0000

I think if I was Karli’s father I would tell her to “suck it up”. As a sociology major, she’s going to make $40k a year as a social worker. Chapman tuition is $43k per year versus $20k per year at OSU. So she is going to spend over $80k more for tuition at Chapman, and as a father and OSU graduate, I wouldn’t pay that much more for Chapman, so she would have to take out loans. She is going to have to dedicate at least 10% of her salary for 20+ years just to pay it off, not even counting room and board. From observing other’s experiences over the past couple of decades, I am pretty confident that in 10 years this is a decision that Karli will regret.