<p>u would be extremely dumb to take on an extra 100k+ debt to go to tufts. NO school is worth that much im sorry, you will get a fine job if you go to uvm or tufts especially if your going for engineering. Sure you might get a higher starting salary if you go to tufts but it wont come close to making up the extra debt.</p>
<p>Yeah, but that money was also supposed to go to my parents’ retirement. We currently have 300k in debt.</p>
<p>$300k debt??? Wow thats crazy. We all know who we can blame for this economic mess…</p>
<p>are you kidding me? leave the kid alone. he wants to go to UVM so don’t hassle him about it! uvm is a great school and if that’s where he feels he’ll be happy then that’s his choice. also, “A recent Wall Street Journal survey ranked UVM a top public university for placing grads in the best medical, law and MBA programs.” he will still get into a great program and have a great job, without tons of debt. i applaud your choice</p>
<p>UVM is a great school?! Did I wake up in another dimension?</p>
<p>TTown, I feel that the Wall Street Journal is a perfectly legitimate source. So, yes, I think it is safe to say that UVM is a great school. I’m sorry if you’ve convinced yourself of something to the contrary, but my own experience with UVM has been that it is a great school. I have a friend who is getting $60,000 starting salary with her UVM degree in THIS economy, and I have a generous fellowship offer for next year for my MA coming out of my BA at UVM in what is currently a highly competitive applicant pool. Also, what you need to keep in mind is that it is your LAST degree that really matters. As long as you go to a decent school, which UVM more than qualifies as, and do well, you will be able to get into more prestigious MA and PhD programs. So, if you aren’t planning on going on to more schooling, you may have some reason to worry about the brand name of your undergrad. Ultimately though, Arachnorton is making his decision based on perfectly legitimate criteria. Things like the cost of the institution are important considerations, and considering that UVM is a good school the money he’ll be saving will be worth it. Arachnorton, I hope that you aren’t regretting your decision. Remember, that it is fundamentally yours, and I feel that you are making the right choice, if that counts for anything.</p>
<p>dani09, thank you for your words. I do not regret my decision to enroll at UVM. I’m looking forward to it. </p>
<p>And, seriously, I 100% agree with you about the grad school thing. I’ve always planned on attending graduate school for a M.Sc in Computer Science, so my hope is that after a solid foundation at UVM I can go to MIT, Tufts, or some other “prestigious” New England school. But even if I didn’t do that, I could see myself doing an M.Sc at UVM. </p>
<p>I’m sorry that my enthusiasm for a state school is so “misplaced” according to everyone (but dani09 – thanks for not trying to kill my happiness), so I think it would be best if this thread would die.</p>
<p>wow, aren’t you all delusional… UVM is a good school, but certainly not great.</p>
<p>Thanks Arachnon for your posts … My son got into some small LA colleges that are supposed to be more “prestigious” than UVM. He would be in UVM honors - he went to visit Burlington and said everyone was really friendly there (there were some protestors outside the chapel however, upset about job losses?). UVM gave him $6K in scholarships per year so together with OOS tuition this would costs about $15K less than the LA colleges, that gave him nothing. He is very tempted, liked Vermont, and my husband and I just want him to be happy and do well wherever he goes. He did note in his visit, though, that the honors dorms were really nice, some other regular dorms not so nice.
Any suggestions to help him make up his mind? He is good at science/math but is becoming interested in political science, econs. etc., although might like premed too.
Does anyone know much about UVM honors?</p>
<p>If he is serious about premed, it is worth noting that the UVM Med School and Hospital is right on campus - should be good opportunities for research/volunteering.</p>
<p>Judydart, I’m a senior in the Honors College at UVM. What would you like to know?</p>
<p>Thanks dani05, drb for your replies to my post.</p>
<pre><code>My son would like to know what sort of jobs do honors grads get after graduation - do most stay in Vermont? Also are there internships for undergrads during summer that the honors college set up? What about the attrition rate from honors, and is there friction between honors undergrads and other undergrads due to more privileges, etc?
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<p>Thanks very much for any help you can give him! He liked UVM a lot, but wondered why the students were protesting and angry at the President of UVM. If it’s just because of budget cuts, every place in the country is dealing with that!</p>
<p>UVM is a very politically active campus; hence the protests that you saw- which were just about budget cuts, and specifically job cuts.</p>
<p>OP, I guess you are right lol…I had to choose between UVM and Quinnipiac. Although Quinnipiac is by far my top choice, I had to go UVM for cost reasons. 
Class of 2013…yay…</p>
<p>Could someone major in one college (for example CAS- Biology) and minor in another (CALS- nutritional sciences)?</p>
<p>I decided last night that i’m going, i’m wicked excited.</p>
<p>w00t! Class of 2013! I’m really looking forward to this!</p>
<p>My son just decided to go to UVM honors over the small liberal arts colleges!!
Go Catamounts!
I’m excited for him and excited for me too too - can hardly wait to be in the fancy hotel room overlooking Lake Champlain! Well maybe Econolodge is more like it, but we can walk to the lake.
Arachnotron, you’re very right that finances played a big role in his decision - he also thought the facilities at UVM looked really nice as well. We (the parents) thought also that UVM is really on an upward trend compared to some other state schools.
I look forward to meeting you all during parents weekend!</p>