Boston U full scholarship vs. Yale full price

[Anonymous]

Here's an interesting post from CC in which a parent gives honest job search advice to non-HYP grads. If DD drops out of the premed track, as many do, these will likely be her best options.

"I also like the suggestion that they should seek locations that the grads from HYPSM are not typically seeking.[...]

Also ... look at big, national-reputation companies, but take the job or the location that nobody else wants. I know someone who was looking for jobs in journalism. A job at a prestigious national newspaper came up. He never thought he'd be able to get a reporting job there right out of college. But they needed someone to live in Detroit to cover the auto industry. Nobody else wanted to do that—most people wanted to be in the main newsroom in NY."

[Anonymous]

Aaaand we are officially the parents of a proud Boston University Terrier.

Thank you all for your input!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aaaand we are officially the parents of a proud Boston University Terrier.

Thank you all for your input!

Congratulations to your daughter OP! The two of you put a lot of care and thought into this decision so you can be sure you made the right one. Hope the collective wisdom of the forum helped a little. I enjoyed participating on this thread because it did not devolve into snark- so many people who were genuinely thrilled for your daughter who wanted to help.
I wish her every success at BU as an undergrad AND as a med. student.
May I ask if you have any insights into why she was so successful in her college applications beyond the obvious. Was it her ECs, her essay, her recs. or the type of school she attended (top private or public magnet)?
TIA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aaaand we are officially the parents of a proud Boston University Terrier.

Thank you all for your input!

Congratulations. I know it was a tough call. It would've been for me as well. No matter what your youngster does with their lives, the freedom of graduating without an enormous pile of student loans weighing them down will have both psychological benefits, as well as long-term career and life benefits. Good luck and make sure that they study. You thought the hard part was over but it is just beginning.

[Anonymous]

Congrats.

[Anonymous]

Good choice, the better choice

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aaaand we are officially the parents of a proud Boston University Terrier.

Thank you all for your input!

you made an excellent choice!!

i was in a somewhat analogous position for graduate school: could have stayed at my undergrad institution which was top 25 college and top 10 in my area or go to harvard. i went to harvard. and yes it opened a lot of options but that actually made my career worse (i made some wrong choices and, more importantly, simply wasn't sure what i wanted to do anymore. i could do this and this and that!). i don't think about it much but when i think of it i think it was probably a wrong decision. i think your daughter made the right one. congratulations!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aaaand we are officially the parents of a proud Boston University Terrier.

Thank you all for your input!

Congratulations!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's an interesting post from CC in which a parent gives honest job search advice to non-HYP grads. If DD drops out of the premed track, as many do, these will likely be her best options.

"I also like the suggestion that they should seek locations that the grads from HYPSM are not typically seeking.[...]

Also ... look at big, national-reputation companies, but take the job or the location that nobody else wants. I know someone who was looking for jobs in journalism. A job at a prestigious national newspaper came up. He never thought he'd be able to get a reporting job there right out of college. But they needed someone to live in Detroit to cover the auto industry. Nobody else wanted to do that—most people wanted to be in the main newsroom in NY."

The "equities in Dallas" strategy

[Anonymous]

I was an early pp - I didn't realize op's kid got into bu med directly as a ug.

This was an easy decision - you take the med school acceptance in hand

There are kids turning down Harvard for Penn state - Jefferson direct entry med Program.

These programs are way tougher to get into than hyps

Op, is your kid Asian or Indian?

[Anonymous]

Congrats!!

[Anonymous]

Wonderful! Inspiring thread. Congratulations!

[Anonymous]

Congratulations, OP. Your DD made the right choice. Enjoy being a doctor with no medical school debt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aaaand we are officially the parents of a proud Boston University Terrier.

Thank you all for your input!

Congratulations !

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Congratulations, OP. Your DD made the right choice. Enjoy being a doctor with no medical school debt.

I don't think free medical school is on the table. Merely ACCEPTANCE to medical school was.