How did you decide between your DC's top choices?
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Anonymous
| What made the difference? |
Anonymous
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I didn’t decide anything, they did.
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Anonymous
| You meaning you plural you and your DC. Or just your DC if there was no budget, no geographic limits, etc. |
Anonymous
| My DC will decide based on where he gets in, how he will fit in, the ability to excel in the program and the ability to lead to his eventual goal of medical school. We would not let him apply to any schools that we did not think were worth the investment. That decision was made a long time ago. He gets to pick now. |
Anonymous
| The feeling. In the end DC had a gut feeling and went with it. It was right. |
Anonymous
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It was pretty clear which of the top 2 was actually the best fit for my child. I just wish the finances had been equal.
Sadly, the resources, programs and location of the state u just couldn’t compare in the end. |
Anonymous
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We went to all the Admitted Student Days. This crystallized for DS that his top choice wasn't actually the right fit, and that one of his safeties was, in fact, the correct choice. It was the same price.
He's now a sophomore and very happy with his choice. |
Anonymous
| Kid wanted a midsize school in or near a city, no more than a 2 hour flight from NY, with a strong economics department. That left surprisingly few choices. From there, truthfully, he picked the one he was most likely to get into and did ED. |
Anonymous
| I think for both of came down to the feeling on campus and the strength of the opportunities in their majors. |
Anonymous
I came here to write same. I’m not going to college again. |
Anonymous
| Are you really picking for your child? That seems so wrong. |
Anonymous
| Least expensive. |
Anonymous
| Attending admitted student days |
Anonymous
| With my DS, it came down to 2 schools. His father and I choose school A, but my DS chose school B. We let him choose and it worked out well. After all, he was the one who had to do the work (studying). |
Anonymous
Ranking, academic strength, fit, cost, culture, distance, merit scholarships and kid's personal preference etc were considered. |