<p>I mean, I would much rather go to a strong public school like Cal, Michigan, UVa. etc., or a school like Duke, BC, than any ivy.</p>
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Well, then don’t apply. It’s that simple. :)</p>
<p>And no, it’s not at all crazy. While the Ivies are all excellent schools, they are not the ONLY excellent schools. Come on, we all know this.</p>
<p>A strong public school definitely competes with Ivies in certain departments. You might also be able to save quite a bit of money</p>
<p>No, fit is most important. But I am wondering why you are even applying.</p>
<p>Financial reason?</p>
<p>I mean, so long as it’s a good school with a reputable brand name.</p>
<p>It really depends how well you do there. </p>
<p>The Ivy league degree really gives you the extra advantage if you a) graduate and b) do well in school. Just having one or the other alone wouldn’t give you that much of an advantage over a superior Cal, Mich, Hopkins, Northwestern, or Duke grad in my opinion.</p>
<p>Employers know that there are actually pretty nice schools out there outside the Ivy league. This probably doesn’t apply to finance jobs with the whole “target” school thing etc…</p>
<p>You wouldn’t be crazy, nor would you be the first student to do so. After all, even Harvard doesn’t have a 100% yield.</p>
<p>Choosing a non-ivy over an ivy is done all the time, for lots of different reasons, although often the reason is financial. It is not a crazy thing to do.</p>
<p>Definitely not a crazy thing to do. I did it, and I know many others who did so as well for a variety of reasons.</p>
<p>You would be crazy to turn down an Ivy for all but a handful of publics…and even then I would wonder.</p>
<p>^ I would be fascinated to see a detailed justification of that argument.</p>
<p>I would rather go to my in-state public than, say, Penn or Columbia, just because I despise city environments.</p>
<p>Ivies cover 100% need. Out-of-state for michigain,ill, uva, berkeley, ucla, probably don’t offer crap to out-of-state. And they will end up costing you a hundred grand. So money could be a huge reason.</p>
<p>It would be very hard to “save” money going to one of the good public schools out-of-state. Unless you are very wealthy and the ivies don’t offer you any need based FA.</p>
<p>That’s not entirely true. I know that UVa gives 100% of need to students and has one of the best financial aid programs in the country, public or private.</p>
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Some of us are reluctant to spend $50000 a year. Having assets does not make money some sort of magic substance that grows on trees.</p>
<p>amen to that</p>
<p>MOST of the big public schools will suck for aid. They will also have pretty high out of state tuition. Around 30k for just tuition, compared to around 40 for just tuition. Chances are it would even out in favor of the ivy. Unless you are wealthy enough to have to pay full ride to an ivy. Which is pretty wealthy, not just having some money in the bank. </p>
<p>If you are rich enough to get 0 dollars from an ivy, and are trying to save money for some reason, public out of state school isn’t a cheap option. 40 grand saved over 4-years when tuition, room and board, supplies, is going to end up being near 200k for an ivy. </p>
<p>For example, Michigan is 35k a year just for tuition. Princeton is 35k, yale is 37?. How much are you saving if you are rich enough to get 0FA from Princeton? 500 bucks? A thousand, maybe two if you live off-campus. Money doesn’t grow on trees though…</p>
<p>Point is, for a lot of people it WILL be cheaper to go to an ivy. And for the others… its a toss up for some of the schools. Illinois will probably be near 30k for out-of-state tuition when things are added up for your major. And their FA sucks for in-state too.</p>
<p>^ Just as an example, the University of Wisconsin would cost me roughly $34000, including room and board. HYP might be generous with aid, but most of the other Ivies aren’t.</p>
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I highly recommend checking the financial aid statistics. Many posters seem to operate under the decidedly skewed perception that the Ivies offer mega amounts of financial aid except for the top 5-10% of students. </p>
<p>The reality is that on the low end, 48% of Harvard and Princeton students are essentially paying full costs. On the high end, 62% of Cornell and Penn students are paying full costs.</p>
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<p>CCIllinois: your generalizations certainly don’t apply to my family. I’m not rich but my son got absolutely no financial aid from Cornell so $52000+ annual tab. At UVa, one of the most expensive publics, tuition, fees and expenses = about $43000 but with a grant of $7000, $36000 annual tab. To this day we don’t understand how Cornell felt I could afford their kind of money.</p>