[therobot24]

i did my undergrad at a commuter school (ended up with three bachelor degrees for a total cost of ~$24k) and am now at top 10 for my PhD in a STEM field. Even though i have no debt, i wouldn't recommend it. Comparing the school i was at, and the one i'm in now is like apples and oranges. Even the undergraduate classes i TA are much more difficult in terms of the amount of knowledge and work required to pass than the smaller local school. Before i figured that math is math, science is science, and the facts shouldn't really change from school to school, but now i can really see a difference of who is better prepared for cutting edge industry/graduate school.