Turned down the Ivies

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RB Jonathan Taylor turned down Harvard, I think, to play football at (the admittedly superior football school) Wisconsin. Best decision he ever made.

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I know someone who turned down Harvard for Amherst and one who turned down Yale for William and Mary.

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Anonymous wrote:Not Harvard but my swimmer turned down Penn to attend a flagship that has much more competitive swim team and is a top public college. Loves everything about it, is thriving.

It’s not hard to turn down Penn, though.

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Anonymous wrote:Not Harvard but my swimmer turned down Penn to attend a flagship that has much more competitive swim team and is a top public college. Loves everything about it, is thriving.

So weird- I was a swimmer and I also turned down Penn for a non-ivy school. I’m 40, though, so this is not recent. I don’t regret it for a second. Best of luck to your kid!

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Ivies aren’t all that. I know a bunch of regular boring government lawyers who went to ivies. It’s not like it’s some golden ticket.

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Anonymous wrote:Ivies don’t have scholarships, so no may anyone turned one down. They do have financial aid, but that is need-based.

They don’t do athletic scholarships but they do award merit scholarships which can be for athletics.

Nope. No athletic scholarships. No merit scholarships for academics or athletics. The only thing Ivies offer is financial aid for low-income or relatively lower-income families. A lot of people tell their families they are receiving merit scholarships instead of financial aid because they are embarrassed or confused.

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Yeah, I also heard one turned down Harvard to go to community college, one turned down Yale to not go to any college. Best decisions.

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Anonymous wrote:The star football player and straight A student in Oceanside NY turned down a full scholarship from Harvard and Yale to go to a regular school. Has that ever happened before?

Would you be pissed if kid did that?

There are no sport’s scholarships in the Ivy League.

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Anonymous wrote:I know someone who turned down Harvard for Amherst and one who turned down Yale for William and Mary.

Dumb and dumber.

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I turned down ivies for a small liberal arts school. I was full pay so that didn’t come into play. As I got to know classmates, quite a few had turned down multiple ivies for various reasons.

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Anonymous wrote:Ivies aren’t all that. I know a bunch of regular boring government lawyers who went to ivies. It’s not like it’s some golden ticket.

+1

And there are plenty of people with PhDs working for the government who have ivy undergrad degrees. Not willing to say we are boring, though.

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Anonymous wrote:Ivies aren’t all that. I know a bunch of regular boring government lawyers who went to ivies. It’s not like it’s some golden ticket.

Dumb comment on many levels. It’s a good thing that many of our government’s lawyers—especially at the most important and prestigious agencies—have Ivy League educations.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know someone who turned down Harvard for Amherst and one who turned down Yale for William and Mary.

Dumb and dumber.

Wouldn’t be my move, but maybe scholarships came into play.

[Anonymous]

I turned down Yale for grad school for UChicago. Both gave me money.

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It is fine. He will probably receive a better education if he doesn't play football and isn't under that pressure.