<p>Here are the results for one student who took the big scholarship: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/905843-top-student-3rd-tier-school-four-years-later.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/905843-top-student-3rd-tier-school-four-years-later.html</a></p>
<p>If you have a spare $200,000 and this is how you’d like to spend it, go ahead and send your son to the more expensive program. It is perfectly OK for your family to make that decision. However, since you came here to ask about it, I suspect that $200,000 is a lot of money for your family. In which case, I have to agree with ellopoppet. Go with your gut and send your son to the public U honors program for free.</p>