USF full ride vs Ivy full pay

[Anonymous]

so my DC is a high gpa mid-test score kid being recruited for their sport - it may sound odd but most interest is coming from an ivy (lower tier by the thread earlier today lol) and USF. But question for DCUM land is would you choose a full ride to a lower ranked, albeit good state school like USF over a Penn, Brown, or Dartmouth full pay? We can afford full pay, but would be a great start for our DC basically giving them that money to kick start their life? Kid wants to go into business, but very open ended on that front entrepreneurial studies to sales to finance.

[Anonymous]

What is USF?

[Anonymous]

Go to USF. That money will be handy.

[Anonymous]

You only live once. Go to the Ivy if the kid can handle the academics there while playing the sport.

[Anonymous]

Ivy. On average, the kinetic acceleration you will give your kid vs your other option in any career vastly exceeds the costs deferred by doing the full ride. This is especially true in finance where your kid already has an edge as an Ivy athlete.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:so my DC is a high gpa mid-test score kid being recruited for their sport - it may sound odd but most interest is coming from an ivy (lower tier by the thread earlier today lol) and USF. But question for DCUM land is would you choose a full ride to a lower ranked, albeit good state school like USF over a Penn, Brown, or Dartmouth full pay? We can afford full pay, but would be a great start for our DC basically giving them that money to kick start their life? Kid wants to go into business, but very open ended on that front entrepreneurial studies to sales to finance.

No we would never for mine. They both turned down merit money to go T10.
Not recruited athletes and had top scores so we knew they would excel there. It is a bit different for a recruit that has mid test scores as you say: they will not be likely to be top 25% or even top half. That can matter for many careers. Still though the ivy opens many more doors than USF even for the ones who end up below average

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Anonymous wrote:What is USF?

University of San Francisco?
University of South Florida?
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[Anonymous]

Ivy
If you have the funds for full pay, you’ll be able to help him post graduation when he”s 25. Trust me

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No!

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Anonymous wrote:What is USF?

This^ pretty much is the reason you should go with your 'lower' ivy.

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Take it from someone who made a similar decision, kid would always wonder what if.

[Anonymous]

Assuming you mean South Florida, it is a gigantic non-flagship public school that is getting run into the ground by MAGA craziness.

This is a no-brainer. Go Ivy. If there was something in between it might be a decision.

What sport is this? Seems to be a very odd pair.

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At an Ivy, he will be able to make six figures starting in IB, and it only goes up from there. The NPV is worth the full pay cost.

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What sport and any real NIL $$&s?

What’s odd is that if the kid is getting heavily recruited by USF then one would consider approaching Tulane or Rice which are also in the conference.

Have you considered trying to leverage that?

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Honest question: Do you want your kid to end up living in FL? That is often what happens with kids who go to a state school OOS.

By picking an Ivy the kid will have a lifelong leg up careerwise and every prospective employer will know the school’s name. OTOH, some employers might be a bit less impressed with USF. I would likely pick a B Ivy grad over an honors college USF one.