<p>BC just got a friends daughter
she passed on UPenn, Cornell and Bucknell</p>
<p>Last year my son was accepted at Stanford EA, Duke and Vandy Chancellor’s Scholarship. We qualify for no need based aid yet coming up with over $50,000/year was daunting, to say the least. We left the decision up to him but did tell him that if he chose Vandy we’d be able to help him with grad school and he’d likely come out of college and grad school with no debt. </p>
<p>In my opinion he made the very “adult” decision and said no thanks to Stanford, his dream school, and chose Vandy. He loves it there and hasn’t regretted the decision for a second. Next summer when he studies abroad, on their dime, I’m sure he’ll be even happier :)</p>
<p>UNC-Chapel Hill offers a variety of scholarships (the most prestigious of which being the Morehead Scholarship) that many students end up taking instead of going to an Ivy League School. I’m sure most other strong publics have similar programs.</p>
<p>“son of a friend passed on a full ride at UNC for Princeton…
don’t you know his dad was feeling it in the wallet!”</p>
<p>Considering that Princeton is ranked among the top 3 universities in the country and the top 10 universities in the world, and dUNCe is ranked neither among the top 25 universities nor the top 100 universities in the world, I would say that’s a great investment! Why settle for chicken strips when you can have filet mignon?!</p>
<p>Re: Princeton, when using their finaid calculator even fairly high income yields a very reasonable tuition that is less then the cost ISS</p>
<p>Good posts, 79 and 82. Author of 82, love the screen name. We must have birthed the same person – you know, the one who constantly says, “You know nothing.” (Yet regularly solicits our knowledge.) ;)</p>
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<p>Have you not discovered the Upenn vs Duke thread yet? I have to say I’m kind of surprised that I haven’t seen you over there.</p>
<p>“Have you not discovered the Upenn vs Duke thread yet? I have to say I’m kind of surprised that I haven’t seen you over there.”</p>
<p>If it’s about UPenn vs Duke, then why in the h*ll are you doing over there?! Why are you so concerned with me?!</p>
<p>Another happy parent of USC merit kid. We’re happy that his merit award was enough to allow all of us to enjoy his years at USC. It had a huge number of high-achievers at his HS attend on significant merit awards that made COA much lower than $50,000+/year.</p>
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<p>D has been accepted to Vanderbilt with the Chancellor’s scholarship as well. She said that her info in the scholarship application said something about being ‘supported and guided’ by the the scholarship office and the office of the dean of students. She has not received any follow up information. Since your son is a Chancellor’s scholar, can you tell us what that means, exactly? Sounds like he is still happy with his decision to attend Vanderbilt. I see that he had some other very attractive offers!</p>
<p>Where does he plan to study abroad?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Any school (low ranking, off charts, whatever), that has attractive and exceptionally selective program and offers awesome Merit financial packages to academic standouts, will steal them from Elite school.</p>
<p>Michigan, Alabama, Baylor; Arizona State; Pepperdine; Fordham</p>
<p>You would have to be more than merely “Ivy qualified”, but there three great schools at West Point, NY; Annapolis, MD and Colorado Springs, CO if your child has what it takes.</p>
<p>University of Richmond and Washington and Lee give away many full scholarships and they are excellent.</p>