<p>I've been accepted to both UChicago and Lewis and Clark, with a full tuition merit scholarship at Lewis and Clark and a $10,000 merit research grant at UChicago. My parents are convinced that UChicago is simply too much, as we do not qualify for financial aid. But I have the nagging feeling that a Chicago education will pay off in the end, especially with trying to attend a top grad school and finding high-paying jobs. Opinions? Chicago is my dream school and it's going to be very hard to give it up if needed.</p>
<p>If finances are an issue for your family, take the full ride to Lewis & Clark and don’t look back.</p>
<p>As far as I know, UChicago and Lewis & Clark are very different schools. What are you looking for in a college besides a reasonable price? </p>
<p>I would go to Lewis and Clark, they clearly want you more anyway.</p>
<p>I agree Lewis and Clark is the best bet here.</p>
<p>If money weren’t an issue, I’d say Chicago.
But since it is, it becomes a very tricky question. If you got a full-ride to, say, University of Maryland or something, I would suggest going there over Chicago. However, these two are VERY different schools, and UChicago’s brand name/resources FAR exceed Lewis and Clark’s. Chicago’s name could give you a leg up in internships/job hunt, etc. but it depends on how much financials matter for you.
Ignore the above two posters, as it’s clearly the same person who just hates UChicago. </p>
<p>It’s probably best to ignore the people (person) with very few posts that registered very recently. She or he is likely a waitlisted UChicago applicant that is trying to convince people not to go to UChicago so that he or she can be taken off the waitlist.</p>
<p>@DanielHendrycks Geez, talk about personal attacks and jumping to conclusions. Even if you guessed correctly, that doesn’t change the fact that the cost difference between UChicago and Lewis & Clark is huge for locostacos.</p>
<p>@locostacos, I suggest you check out this thread: <a href=“"Top student" at a 3rd tier school... Four years later - Parents Forum - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/905843-top-student-at-a-3rd-tier-school-four-years-later-p1.html</a> </p>
<p>It’s not about what school you go to, but what you do there that counts. If you can get into UChicago, then you can succeed at plenty of different schools. Unless Lewis & Clark is a terrible fit for you, that full-tuition scholarship is pretty hard to pass up. Besides, wouldn’t it nice to go to grad school with little to no financial stress from your undergrad college? </p>
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I did not make any claim about which school was better for the OP.</p>
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True, but you were quick to make assumptions about a couple posters here in an attempt to discredit their advice, brief as they were. This discussion would be more productive if you attacked the idea rather than the person/people giving it.</p>
<p>Besides, convincing admitted students to decline their acceptance will hardly increase any single person’s chances of getting off the waitlist. </p>
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“I agree Lewis and Clark is the best bet here.” “I would go to Lewis and Clark, they clearly want you more anyway.” There is not much of an idea to attack. I’m not randomly accusing people; if you look at other threads, you’ll find short posts that are consistently in favor of the school that’s not UChicago from very recent users with few posts (and I’m not talking about you).
I did not make assumptions because I wanted to discredit them. I came to discredit them (if they were here) because of my plausible beliefs before entering this thread. (But this point is not important.)
The OP can decide if I’m right or wrong, and I know nearly nothing about Lewis and Clark, so I can’t add anything to the discussion there. I came to warn the OP that some members are likely, intentionally offering bad advice.</p>
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<p>There you have it. I’ve explored the UChicago threads a bit more, so I can now see where you’re coming from. But while we can’t be sure who they are, the lack of substance in their statements is more obvious. I would expect anyone capable of getting into UChicago to know better than to listen to such empty words. There’s no need to figure out their identities or agenda. </p>