Decisions, decisions...

So, I finally heard back from Roosevelt University in Chicago and I was offered admission. I now have two offers on the table (the other from the MA School of Professional Psychology) and have to make a decision.

Roosevelt is a pretty rad school. It is located right on Michigan Ave, so I can go to the lake any day. The school itself is in an old hotel...it became a school in the 1940s. Not you're typical looking university, but it is in the middle of downtown Chicago (right off the loop). Here's the building:


Interesting, I know. Anyway, the school provides funding and is about half the cost of the school in Boston. They also place their students in VA hospitals, which is where I want to work. I'd also be given the opportunity to teach classes after two years. Oh, and their APA internship match rate last year was 93%, which is amazing.

Chicago is an amazing city. Picture LA scrunched into the SF peninsula...super urban. Public transportation is amazing. Not only could I always get to school on the train, but I can take the train to where ever my placement is. The downside is Chicago is EFFING cold and I'd be landlocked. I know Lake Michigan might as well be an ocean, but still.

The school in Boston is pretty nice as well. I'd have the opportunity to work in the field more while I'm in school. This school costs almost double what Roosevelt would cost me and they provide little financial aid. Psychologists can make money, but I'm not sure if 100k+ in loans is smart.

Boston isn't as urban as Chicago (downside for me, not Megan) and there are more chemistry positions available for Megan. Rent is so expensive in Boston...I think more than San Francisco. Public transportation is also amazing, but the location of the school wouldn't allow me to utilize mass trans. So I'd have to drive.

I think the decision is clear :-) RU here I come.