<p>Hey guys, this idea sounded good before I wrote the title ... but I still want your advice.</p>
<p>I was told today I got the Robertson Scholarship to Duke University but I have to decide within 24hrs to accept. If I accept I have to withdraw all other applications.</p>
<p>Problem is that I still feel attached to Yale even though I was deferred SCEA and for some silly reason I still think I might have a chance at it?</p>
<p>So what are the merits of both and how do they compare? Oh and I need 100% FA at Yale.</p>
<p>Hmmm, that sounds peculiar. I would ask if you if you could have an extension, but have your parents call because parents have more sway in the process.</p>
<p>In terms of financial aid, assuming you get into Yale you don’t have to worry about the cost. My family makes about 110K and I only had to pay 7K this year. </p>
<p>Oh and by the way. CONGRATULATIONS!!! Full ride to Duke is AMAZING!!!</p>
<p>Oh and you could always accept the scholarship and if you get into Yale later decline to attend Duke. Accepting a scholarship is NOT the same as agreeing to matriculate. I had a similar scenario last year with a school.</p>
<p>I think it’s different in this scenario.
I’m a New Zealander so the selection process was different. They asked me at my interview if I got HYP and Robertson what I would do and I told them I would easily turn down HP but would have a problem with Yale. So when they rang to tell me I had got it, they said the condition of acceptance was withdrawal from all else.</p>
<p>Plus, the girl who got it from my school five years ago chose Harvard so they weren’t very happy about that and Julian Robertson was so nice that I don’t think I could deceive them like that?</p>
<p>Decieve them? No college should force a student to accept anything. YOU worked hard and EARNED this and if you get accepted to other top schools then that is YOUR choice. No adult, or any person for that matter, should force you to do anything. Accept the offer and if you later get into HYP decline, it will be okay. So what if a lady who you are never going to speak to again gets upset with you? This is a decision that will impact the next four years of your life, and you DO NOT have to be forced to accept this. But on the flip side, there is no guarantee that you will get into HYP so DO NOT close this door that you created for yourself.</p>
<p>I agree with Dbate, but the OP said he has to withdraw other applications if he decides to accept. The whole thing of making a decision in 24 hours seems pretty wack, though.</p>
<p>I am pursuing a double with political science and biology here at Yale. The poli sci department is very much theoretical and not really policy focused so it depends on what you are looking to learn. Duke has the Sanford school of policy so if you want more practical study then Duke is superior. However, and this is only IMO, I feel a poli sci degree from Yale would give you more opportunities than a public policy degree from Duke. </p>
<p>Regardless of whether or not this is fair, employers are impressed when they see Yale on your resume, and our career services office is AMAZING. And I do mean AMAZING. They teach you how to write a cover letter, fill out resumes, and even offer Mock interviews. In addition to all of this the career services office runs a database of hundreds of jobs and internships that you can directly apply by simply clicking a button. </p>
<p>This summer I am working with the Houston Department of Health and Human Services on projects to assure the city can provide healthcare to its citizens in the event of a terrorist attack or natural security disaster.</p>
<p>Really get your parent’s involved in this and have your parents contact Duke. People act VASTLY different when other adults are involved. Allow your parents to explain the situation, but don’t have them basically say you want to wait for HYP, have them ask for more time to contemplate. Have you visited? If not then have your parents say you want to wait until after you have visited during accepted students weekend to get a really good feeling for the campus. Also allow your parents to tell them that they want to visit campus before you accept, your parents do not have to actually have to visit campus but this will at least give you more time. You can also still tell them this even if you have visited.</p>
<p>You have been most helpful!
One last question: are summer trips overseas covered by Yale for students on full FA? The Robertson offers funding for 3 summers worth of trips</p>
<p>Yes, Yale will pay for you to visit during Bulldog Days if you are on financial aid and are accepted. However I do not know if the university does the same during the regular year.</p>
<p>Dbate - I think that the OP was asking about Summer programs, not Bulldog Days (ie. travel programs as a Yale student, and not just as a pre-frosh).</p>
<p>I was actually also wondering the same question as the OP - is funding for Summer programs difficult to get (or is very competitive to get) and therefore will a student on financial aid have a disadvantage or be less capable of taking advantage of Yale’s summer programs?</p>
<p>However, I also had a question about BBDs - do they really fund your trip there? I’m an international student - and in a letter I received recently from Yale, it stated “We are eager to help you plan a visit for the Bulldog Days admitted student program in April or to coordinate your visit to campus any time this spring” - does that imply they will help financially as well?</p>
<p>(I suppose I will direct many of these questions to my area adcom, but what generally has been your experience of Yale’s policy on funding for intl students to visit Yale?)</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Sorry for hijacking your thread Ravenbelle, and good luck with your decision!</p>
<p>Yes, there is an abundance of money for pretty much anything you want to do during the summer. It actually gets annoying because we constantly receive emails about fellowships to go to Africa, research this, or do blah blah whatever. </p>
<p>There is also money for you to apply to do things with very lose requirements. For example one fellowship offered money to research things. That was it, it did not specify what you had to research, what field, or anything. Yale may have lost a few billion but it is still rolling in the dough.</p>
<p>No worries theskylitup =) Congrats on getting into Yale!</p>
<p>So Dbate does that mean that all the full funding for summer programs and study abroad that is offered to the Robertson scholars are actually offered to ALL Yale students?</p>
<p>In a word-yes. The only caveat is that you have to actually get the fellowships, there is no guarantee that you will. </p>
<p>When we first got here we had to watch a movie about relationships where a girl failed to get a fellowship to go to some south american country, so even though they are available it does not mean that you will receive the fellowship.</p>