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<p>I have a friend graduating from an Ivy with a degree in BME and he doesn’t have a job lined up yet. He has a good GPA and good internships.</p>
<p>I’d suggest that you ask your son to produce one of these mythical BME graduates with an $80,000 job offer letter.</p>
<p>I think that Drexel is a wonderful school as are the ivies but my friend’s dad had the savings to pay for the ivy so that he will have no debt at graduation. He was fortunate that his parents have the resources to pay for it. He would have, however, made his parents a lot happier if he chose the in-state public. His younger brother looks like he is going to choose an OOS public with a COA comparable to the in-state public - which has his dad feeling relieved.</p>
<p>I can’t see the sense in putting this huge burden on the student and parents over a long period of time for four years in a way that could impact them for the rest of their lives.</p>