Which would you choose?

1. If your plan is to go to grad school 100% for sure keep in mind that your graduate (you didn’t specify M.S. or PhD) degree will be the one that is more scrutinized. I am assuming since you are already looking to grad school that you know you want to do something that requires an advance degree and not just considering adding to your credentials.

2. More so than where you went to undergrad school your performance in undergrad will factor in to your accpetance in a graduate school.

My advice would be to go to the pretty good school, work hard and do really well, and put your bigger money investment (you didn’t specify if one was more expensive than the other, but I’m assuming the better rep is at least slightly, and the fact that it would take you an extra year will add cost) in your graduate degree.

One of the biggest mistakes young college students make is entering the real world already in 6 figure debt. Even as a successful person with a quality rated loan that takes a long time to pay off. Maximize cost v. benefit.

That depends on your goals. The “prestige of the school” who is going to award you with the credential is important and how much you actually love what you are studying is more important. Not to mention financial cost and forecasting. It does make sense to start at the best school and then go to grad school, because starting out with a challenging institution and education will mentality increase your knowledge of your particular area of study and in a sense make grad school less challenging.

B – future employers will place importance on the best school.

You’ll probably make up that one year of missed work salary very easily by going to the better school. Of course, that’s a very broad generalization, having a great desire to succeed is the greatest factor.

Enjoy your time in school…don’t be in too big a hurry to join us working stiffs!

well it all depends, you seems to have an age difference in both, so it depends on how old you want to be I guess..I would go for the second option if I thought in the long run I can become something super special in life…if not, I’d go for the 1st one and end up at grad school anyway and still become something great…so it all depends, not enough info for that decision to be made..

You left out another really important factor: cost. Which one will rack up the most in student loans? If it’s the best school, I’d choose the first option; you’ll have more time to pay the loan off and save money on student loans, too!

I’d choose (B). One year wouldn’t hurt as long its better than the other program. Plus, everything in life now is based on compitition, so you always have to choose the best to keep up with the rest of the world.

Good luck 🙂

Go to the better school. Trust me, I’ve been to grad school – you want to go in with as much knowledge as you can, or it’s going to be horribly difficult for you.

Definitely choose B. With a better education at a more respected school, you will definitely get a better job and thus be paid more.

The second option, because I would get a whole year off before school.

A as long as it doesn;t matter for ur grad school where ur undergrad was completed.