<p>here is my final college list:</p>
<p>Dartmouth (Less than 12K: Pending)
Brown (No PLME: Pending)
Northwestern (Fin-aid Pending)
WUSTL (Full-ride)
JHU (No Financial Aid)
Emory
Notre Dame
Vanderbilt
UC Berkeley (Pending)
UCLA (about 20K)</p>
<p>My intended major is Biology or Economics. I am a pre-med student but I may change my mind to go to business or Law school. I still want to have an amazing pre-med program at college.</p>
<p>Is money really an issue? What kind of advice do you want?</p>
<p>As a Harvard parent, I’ve seen enough to certainly recommend taking that option if it presents itself. Beyond that, the WUSTL full ride is very, very impressive - esp. if you’re pre-med. But on the other hand, I personally love Dartmouth. Dartmouth had me the first time I drove through. If I was in at Dartmouth and offered the Harvard waitlist, I might consider declining the waitlist just so I wouldn’t be forced to rethink Dartmouth as my dream school.</p>
<p>And then there’s the fact that I could walk down the main street in my Southern town, ask 100 random people about WUSTL and probably find only a couple who’d ever heard of it. The other 98 would all go “Dartmouth? No kidding? Wow!” I know, it’s not all about ego; “prestige” plus $1.50 will get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks. But if I’m being honest, would that factor into my decision? Yeah, I think it would. That and those stately white buildings silhouetted against the green hills.</p>
<p>Just go to Dartmouth and call it a day. It is an amazing school. The Econ program there is great and you will be able to get into most B or Law schools</p>
<p>Every medical school and law school in the country will know WUSTL. I would find it very hard to pass up that full ride. That being said, you can certainly remain on the Harvard wait list until it closes.</p>
<p>That’s a very impressive list of acceptances, but I have to agree that full ride at WUSTL would be very, very hard to pass up – even for Harvard. Unless, of course, Harvard pays you to go there!</p>
<p>Let’s assume the money is extremely important.</p>
<p>A full ride at WUSTL trumps all your other acceptances, considering the financial aid.</p>
<p>That said, if Dartmouth comes back with more money, Dartmouth trumps everything else.</p>
<p>You didn’t mention $$$ with Brown. For some people, Brown outshines Dartmouth; for others, it’s the other way around. Personal choice.</p>
<p>As far as Harvard is concerned – getting off the waitlist is even a bigger crapshoot than getting accepted in the first place.</p>
<p>That’s my two cents.</p>
<p>$12k at Dartmouth vs. full ride at WUSTL? I’d take WUSTL. It has a great pre-med program.</p>
<p>Take the full ride at Wash U, which is a marvelous school giving you an amazing offer. If you get off the waitlist at Harvard, take Harvard.</p>
<p>ivies give out merit aid?</p>
<p>Go to Harvard only if you get significant aid. Wash U is a great school. It would be foolish to turn down a full ride.</p>
<p>Dartmouth Vs. Wharton Vs. WUSTL Vs Northwestern (only if they offer free ride)?
My interest includes Business and Pre-Med; I want to have well rounded education. Also, How’s Harvard’s financial aid these days?</p>
<p>^^ how’s harvard’s financial aid these days?! lol
put it this way, i didn’t apply for FA until after I got in. This was my award package for 2009-2010 … 55.7K [it even included travel expenses!]</p>
<p>H’s financial aid is legendary. So is their financial aid staff.</p>
<p>It seems Brown is out. What if Northwestern comes up with full-ride? In my opinion, among Non-ivys, Stanford, Duke, Northwestern are among the most renowned private institutions.
It seems like Dartmouth Vs WUSTL (full-ride) Vs. Northwestern (depending on financial aid)
I am considering NYU’s DDS Program (I like NYC), and Fordham (Presidential Scholar-full-ride for 4 years), Wake Forest (Free for 4 yrs), W&M (Fee for 4 yrs), UVA (Echols Scholar), UC Berkeley and UCLA (Regent Scholar). Since JHU offers no aid, it is out of my consideration, plus, I think WUSTL is a rising star school. WUSTL will become more prestigious in the future.</p>
<p>12k a year at Dartmouth will probably amount to around paying 50k total or more (with tuition going up). Will you have to go into debt for that?</p>
<p>And Harvard is very generous, definitely stay on the waitlist.</p>
<p>Sorry, it was not clear. No, my family has to pay 12K or less. If I have to pay 50K, I would have to turn down Harvard.</p>
<p>I mean, if it is 12k per year it will amount to over 50k in four years. And don’t worry, Harvard would probably give you more than Dartmouth.</p>
<p>Only if he gets off the waitlist–and that is a big IF. I also have the suspicion that schools are using the waitlist in order to admit more full pay students while being able to claim that they are being need-blind. Harvard does not want to rescind its most recent finaid initiative, but it was launched before the crisis hit.</p>
<p>My two cents. Much as I love Harvard, I do believe most of the schools the OP got into can provide as good an education. He should not worry about prestige (old motto at Harvard “You can’t eat prestige”). The schools are in different locations and have different feels. Concentrate on these factors.</p>
<p>^ True. No offense, but Harvard is just a fine college with a nice brand name. I don’t think Harvard people are much different than those at other top schools.</p>