Emory Full Tuition vs Stanford

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS has the privilege of getting into Stanford and Emory with a full tuition scholarship. Stanford is full cost of attendance at about 80k, while Emory would be around 20k. We can only afford 55k a year and DS would have to figure out the rest. Of course we don't want to pay that if we don't have to. DS is undecided for Stanford but is interested in econ and Polisci. He would major in business at Emory and another major. DS really likes Emory after visiting, but is Stanford's prestige really worth that much more over Emory?

Is this supposed to be a trick question?

Stanford. Full stop.

If Emory Full Ride vs. UChicago or Northwestern then clearly Emory Full Ride.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS has the privilege of getting into Stanford and Emory with a full tuition scholarship. Stanford is full cost of attendance at about 80k, while Emory would be around 20k. We can only afford 55k a year and DS would have to figure out the rest. Of course we don't want to pay that if we don't have to. DS is undecided for Stanford but is interested in econ and Polisci. He would major in business at Emory and another major. DS really likes Emory after visiting, but is Stanford's prestige really worth that much more over Emory?

Is this supposed to be a trick question?

Stanford. Full stop.

If Emory Full Ride vs. UChicago or Northwestern then clearly Emory Full Ride.

Stanford is for the meathead jocks.

[Anonymous]

Stanford will not open magic doors for an MC or UMC family that Emory wouldn’t open - the only exceptions would be entrepreneurship and venture capital, neither of which seem to be large interests of OP’s kid. If your kid is great he would be destined to be great at Emory or Stanford. People overestimate the effect of the school on a kid’s success. Emory is a phenomenal school and unlike Stanford it has an undergraduate focus. Emory really is the easy choice here

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS has the privilege of getting into Stanford and Emory with a full tuition scholarship. Stanford is full cost of attendance at about 80k, while Emory would be around 20k. We can only afford 55k a year and DS would have to figure out the rest. Of course we don't want to pay that if we don't have to. DS is undecided for Stanford but is interested in econ and Polisci. He would major in business at Emory and another major. DS really likes Emory after visiting, but is Stanford's prestige really worth that much more over Emory?

Is this supposed to be a trick question?

Stanford. Full stop.

If Emory Full Ride vs. UChicago or Northwestern then clearly Emory Full Ride.

Stanford is for the meathead jocks.

Lolz such a ridiculous statement

[Anonymous]

Emory is a clown show vs Stanford

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stanford will not open magic doors for an MC or UMC family that Emory wouldn’t open - the only exceptions would be entrepreneurship and venture capital, neither of which seem to be large interests of OP’s kid. If your kid is great he would be destined to be great at Emory or Stanford. People overestimate the effect of the school on a kid’s success. Emory is a phenomenal school and unlike Stanford it has an undergraduate focus. Emory really is the easy choice here

I’m sure Stanford would open more doors, but it’s probably not as many as some here believe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard about a high school principal that became a janitor at the university his daughter attended just to have his daughter's tuition covered.

Would you do that? Because keeping your day job and driving Uber at night isn't trying hard enough

His name was Will Hunting

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS has the privilege of getting into Stanford and Emory with a full tuition scholarship. Stanford is full cost of attendance at about 80k, while Emory would be around 20k. We can only afford 55k a year and DS would have to figure out the rest. Of course we don't want to pay that if we don't have to. DS is undecided for Stanford but is interested in econ and Polisci. He would major in business at Emory and another major. DS really likes Emory after visiting, but is Stanford's prestige really worth that much more over Emory?

If you can only afford 55K, how come Stanford isn't giving financial aid to cover the rest?
Or is your estimate based on how much you are WILLING to pay rather than what you can actually afford?

Stanford Fin Aid is generous. It sounds like you have made some calculations in what you can afford that a typical school would consider extraneous

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:First you need to visit the schools. But I'd agree with pp that Stanford now is different than 20 years ago. It is woke and that has limitations. On the other side Emory has a huge northeast contingent. That may be good or bad for you.

You people need to stop reading right wing media. The obsession of Stanford students is making money after graduation

Precisely. That is Stanford. It really is about the money. The connections are ridiculous. Everything else is background noise.

- Stanford family

I know a few Stanford grads and they're conniving scammers. Nothing impressive about them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First you need to visit the schools. But I'd agree with pp that Stanford now is different than 20 years ago. It is woke and that has limitations. On the other side Emory has a huge northeast contingent. That may be good or bad for you.

You people need to stop reading right wing media. The obsession of Stanford students is making money after graduation

Precisely. That is Stanford. It really is about the money. The connections are ridiculous. Everything else is background noise.

- Stanford family

I know a few Stanford grads and they're conniving scammers. Nothing impressive about them.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard about a high school principal that became a janitor at the university his daughter attended just to have his daughter's tuition covered.

Would you do that? Because keeping your day job and driving Uber at night isn't trying hard enough

His name was Will Hunting

He sold out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Both great ioptins but I’d do Stanford. Kid can work summers and at school and get at least half way there. A degree that stays with you

The price difference is $240,000. Why are so many on this thread so bad at math?

Right?!?! The kid "can only get half way there" if they are working as a drug dealer apparently (or something else highly illegal).

It's a no-brainer, if you don't have the $80K/year already saved, you take the full ride at Emory which is a T25 school. If your kid got into Stanford, they will excel anywhere

[Anonymous]

How do you tell DC #3 that there’s no $& for college bc DC#1 turned down top 20 school free ride for Stanford?

[Anonymous]

Stanford is $89,000 next year. More every year after that. Plus travel. OP, your DC should go to Emory.

[Anonymous]

Emory looks like such a sad place