Is it always worth it to go to the best school?

Thank you, all, for trying to be so helpful! Neither Pitt nor Penn State has public health undergrad so we eliminatated. I printed out the accredited schools within 10 hours and went from there. Pitt has an incredible grad program if she gets that far! I eliminated Rochester solely on the basis of tuition. Perhaps we’ll give it another look…

It’s very difficult to say at $30,000 the minute you look out of state but last week Temple had riots and today students got stabbed at Rutgers! The Universe is working against me :slight_smile:

As far as Ireland: that would be great for my second daughter but just too far for my first. She is slightly on the spectrum and struggles socially. I think going away will be good for her but just not that far. As more acceptances roll in in the next months, I’ll have to keep fingers crossed!