No thanks, Harvard

<p>You know what..A lot of Koreans go to Seoul National University instead of Harvard, MIT, Princeton, and so on because that University dominates Korea.lol</p>

<p>My officemate did, for University of Chicago. An it was not a money issue.</p>

<p>question: why don't the people who go after the free ride invest in scholarships, not just the ones you write essay for in highschool.. the ones college themselves offer? Money shouldn't be that big of an issue.</p>

<p>Damn, I hate when I make a typo and don't realize it until it's too late to edit.</p>

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Wow combatbaby, what an awesome opportunity. The chances of getting a position as a conductor are even less than the chances of getting into Harvard. What an opportunity!</p>

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<p>I agree that getting a conductor job right out of high school is extremely impressive.</p>

<p>Nevertheless, I would have still taken the Harvard admission, maticulated, and then immediately withdrawn, like within the first week. Yeah, you might have had to pay for part of the semester (or maybe even the whole semester), but truthfully, that's not a lot of money to pay in the long run, in return for reserving your spot at Harvard in case you ever want to come back. Again, I would point to the Elisabeth Shue example. She left Harvard for more than 15 years before coming back to finish her degree. But because she matriculated and then withdrew, she could always go back. But by turning down admission, you have no guarantee of coming back.</p>

<p>A couple kids at my school have turned down ivies for University of Michigan. Last year a girl turned down Harvard for U of M. I also know a kid who turned down university of michigan for eastern michigan university.</p>

<p>My friend turned down UCLA for Temple, and it wasn't because of money. A kid in my AP english class turned down Northwestern for Eastern Michigan (he wants to be a doctor, needs to save money) I turned down Michigan State for Bowling Green, but they're about the same. A couple kids have turned down UofM for Michigan Tech. Last year a kid turned down UofM for Western Michigan, to distance himself from his parents. (My high school is 5 minutes outside of UofM)</p>

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A kid in my AP english class turned down Northwestern for Eastern Michigan (he wants to be a doctor, needs to save money)

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<p>This I would say is extremely short-sighted, for the simple fact is, the vast majority of people who go to college intending to be doctors never become doctors. First off, only half of all people who apply to med-school get in somewhere (hence, the other half get rejected from every med-school they apply to). And that's just talking about those who apply. Plenty of people don't even bother to apply because they know they won't get in. Let's face it. If you have less than a 2.5 GPA and a terrible MCAT score, you're not going to waste your time and money applying to med-school. </p>

<p>For those kids who really want to become doctors, they should do whatever they can to get into one of those combined BS/MD programs. Guaranteed admission to med-school is priceless. Turning down a top program because you need to save money for med-school implies that you will actually get admitted to med-school, which is far far from assured.</p>

<p>He also turned down UofM w/scholarship so he could go to eastern (full ride)</p>

<p>Turned down NYU for SUNY( waiting on binghamton, if not, then Stony Brook) Mostly because NYU just doesn't seem to be wort the money and i rather get out of UnderGrad debt free anyway. Grad school is where I will try to hit the tier 1 schools anyway.</p>

<p>I would SOOOO turn down MIT (even if full scholarship to Sloan) for Wharton or Brown. But I can't get into either. GRRRR</p>

<p>I turned down Caltech for UVA. Worse decision EVER.
Parents didn't think a girl should go there to major in physics.</p>

<p>Yes sakky, you are right about the logic of reserving your admission space at Harvard. That would certainly be the sensible thing to do!</p>

<p>turned down swarthmore, jhu and uchicago for grinnell.</p>

<p>I know someone who turned down Harvard for WashU</p>

<p>I think we shouldn't count people who turn down schools for reasons of money, which is what I assume explains the WU over Harvard situation. WU is well known for being extremely aggressive with aid, especially merit aid.</p>

<p>i know a kid at cornell who turned down Yale (purely financial). His FA package was like 3 times as much at cornell then it was at yale</p>

<p>i know a girl from San Francisco who turned Harvard down b/c she wanted a better engineering program</p>

<p>i turned down harvard, mit, princeton and caltech for kenyon (purely personal).</p>

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I know someone who turned down Harvard for WashU

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I turned down WashU and Boston College for Univ. Missouri, Columbia last year. It was mostly a financial move. BC even gave me a generous FA, I really should have gone there and root for their basketball team. Anyone blaming themselves for choosing to attend a backup school like me?</p>

<p>Do you think turning down Cornell for Michigan State's Honors College/paid research position/study abroad scholarship/in-state tuition (even though I'm from Ohio) is insane?</p>