Advice ($$$)

[catawampus]

So I'm posting here to hope to get some opinions on what I should do in my current predicament.

I was accepted to a new MFA program that is offering me in loans what I would need, but I don't know that the debt is worth it. It would be about $80k in public loans. I'm already in quite a bit of debt from undergrad, but with the new IBR plan things are working out nicely. I am working a job that is not related to my field at all and doesn't pay well, so the idea of leaving and returning to school is more than appealing. My question is do you think that I should attend the program at a really prestigious school (in general, not specifically the new art program) since I'll already be paying loans for 20 years until they dissolve, or wait and apply to places with funding options?

Thanks in advance!

[michaelwebster]

Probably not worth it at a new program. New programs almost always equal poor programs because they haven't hade time to build a reputation and work out the kinks. Just because the school is prestigious in general doesn't mean the school name will mean anything to anyone in the art world.

I would reapply next year.

[miyamoto81]

I concur.

Probably not worth it at a new program. New programs almost always equal poor programs because they haven't hade time to build a reputation and work out the kinks. Just because the school is prestigious in general doesn't mean the school name will mean anything to anyone in the art world.

I would reapply next year.