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Anonymous wrote:Poiint of this thread, why would one pay Harvard, Duke, Stanford sticker prices for the likes of BC, BU, or Northeastern. Tufts does have a good reputation. The other 3 Boston schools remade themselvrs in last 25/30 years but there is no alumni depth like Tufts.

If you have the $$ saved, you let your kid pick best fit and pay whatever the bill is.

But if you don't have the $$, then even H, D, S are not worth it IMO. Go somewhere that is affordable and you can shine (smaller school/state school honors program, etc) and don't put yourself into debt

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Anonymous wrote:Poiint of this thread, why would one pay Harvard, Duke, Stanford sticker prices for the likes of BC, BU, or Northeastern. Tufts does have a good reputation. The other 3 Boston schools remade themselvrs in last 25/30 years but there is no alumni depth like Tufts.

Because we are rich and it’s NBD.

+1

My kid got $42K/year at Case (a few years ago), but chose a "similar school" for $85-90K/year. They know 99% of kids wouldn't have a choice and would be attending Case. But we let them choose the better fit for them, they are thriving and it was the right choice. But we have it saved and it's NBD to us.

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Anonymous wrote:Poiint of this thread, why would one pay Harvard, Duke, Stanford sticker prices for the likes of BC, BU, or Northeastern. Tufts does have a good reputation. The other 3 Boston schools remade themselvrs in last 25/30 years but there is no alumni depth like Tufts.

If you have the $$ saved, you let your kid pick best fit and pay whatever the bill is.

But if you don't have the $$, then even H, D, S are not worth it IMO. Go somewhere that is affordable and you can shine (smaller school/state school honors program, etc) and don't put yourself into debt

This is what we did with our DS, we have the money (barely) and he picked the school that he considered his best fit. Hopefully, it works out, but I would worry about it wherever he went.

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Anonymous wrote:I think these are all good schools. But for full pay families, I dont see the value. My kid is at UCL - very happily. Would we have paid for T10 schools, sure. Although she got into Vandy and still choose UCL (that was more about strength of major).

I can see going down a level for merit. But, for us, overseas is where the price meets value.

Value is relative.
You probably don't see the value in BMW, Mercedes, Lexus but there are people purchasing them while there are people buying Honda, Mazda, VW etc.

well the OP asked about "worth the investment". and now I dont think these schools ranked after T20 is worth 400k +

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Anonymous wrote:Emory, UF, UVA , Georgetown, WashU students are about the same caliber.. could there be some who are T10 caliber ? Of course. But the vast majority aint…

No they are not. By test score its
WashU>Emory>Georgetown>UVa>>UF

The gap between WashU and Emory is tiny, statistically not a difference.
1490-1550/33-35
1470-1540/33-35

Georgetown is lower than UVa although it is TR and UVa is TO.
It should look like this
WashU=Emory>>UVa>Georgetown>>UF
UF is no where near Emory or WashU.

The resident Emory hater will still say its garbage because of 20 points.

Emory is a joke. 76% of those ranked in top 10% of class with medicore GPAs. 75% have under a 3.75 unweighted. 35% under a 3.49. Mediocre and the students don't even want to go when admitted.

The better comparison is Washu > Georgetown > UVa > Florida >>>>>>> Emory

https://provost.emory.edu/planning-administration/data/factbook/admissions.html

You have a very low iq. How would 75% have lower than a 3.75, if the avg is a 3.83 and 76% are in the top 10%? Logically,... mathematically that wouldn't work. You dont know how to read the graph and corresponding percentages correctly thus making obviously dumb conclusions. 76.13% of enrolled at Emory have a 3.75uw or higher.

what the hell? the chart literally shows 65% have under a 3.75.

you’re going to have to show us how you arrived at 76% above a 3.75. emory clown showing its “intelligence” again

Sure idiot, I'll help you.
It says it right there on the colored bars under GPA converted.
For 2025
62.52% or 859 students had between a 3.75-3.99 UW gpa. 13.61% or 187 students had a 4.0. 62.52+ 13.61 is 76.13%. And if you scroll all the way down to the end of the chart it literally says the the avg gpa is a 3.83.
https://provost.emory.edu/planning-administration/data/factbook/admissions.html

Anyone that beileves a T25 would have 65% of students less than an A avg is slow, or needs to be sued for purposeful slander.

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Anonymous wrote:We are full pay and cost is not an issue. My DD will apply only to privates in that range and we will happily send her to Wake or Tulane or even Bucknell before we send her to a big state school. We are happy to pay for the smaller campus, smaller classes, advising and career services. Money is not an issue so it’s all about size and services. I believe that’s a common thought among my income bracket.

😂😂😂😂😂😂

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Anonymous wrote:If all you care about is money yes go to a massive instate public. If you have saved and care about student life, access to professors not TA, in person classes vs online, facilities, etc etc basically the entire experience of attending the college, you pay for private. Doesn’t matter what usnews says in terms of rank.

This! You student will have to work much harder at a huge state school to get access to professors, classes they want/need, etc.
yes the honors college can make it slightly better but nothing compares to a school that has 4-8k undergrads

Kid at HYSP was complaining she could not get classes and she had to live with two others in a double room. Meanwhile, she was interviewed by the school and said how amazing it was. I’ll never believe the marketing. 😆😆

My own big public kid had an advisor sign her up for classes so she had everything she needed.

Professors are easy to talk to.

But we do not need to assume a big school is worse, do we?

I do not assume a small school is worse because it has fewer resources, fewer opportunities and just…less of everything. 😘😜

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Anonymous wrote:Emory, UF, UVA , Georgetown, WashU students are about the same caliber.. could there be some who are T10 caliber ? Of course. But the vast majority aint…

No they are not. By test score its
WashU>Emory>Georgetown>UVa>>UF

The gap between WashU and Emory is tiny, statistically not a difference.
1490-1550/33-35
1470-1540/33-35

Georgetown is lower than UVa although it is TR and UVa is TO.
It should look like this
WashU=Emory>>UVa>Georgetown>>UF
UF is no where near Emory or WashU.

The resident Emory hater will still say its garbage because of 20 points.

Emory is a joke. 76% of those ranked in top 10% of class with medicore GPAs. 75% have under a 3.75 unweighted. 35% under a 3.49. Mediocre and the students don't even want to go when admitted.

The better comparison is Washu > Georgetown > UVa > Florida >>>>>>> Emory

https://provost.emory.edu/planning-administration/data/factbook/admissions.html

You have a very low iq. How would 75% have lower than a 3.75, if the avg is a 3.83 and 76% are in the top 10%? Logically,... mathematically that wouldn't work. You dont know how to read the graph and corresponding percentages correctly thus making obviously dumb conclusions. 76.13% of enrolled at Emory have a 3.75uw or higher.

what the hell? the chart literally shows 65% have under a 3.75.

you’re going to have to show us how you arrived at 76% above a 3.75. emory clown showing its “intelligence” again

Sure idiot, I'll help you.
It says it right there on the colored bars under GPA converted.
For 2025
62.52% or 859 students had between a 3.75-3.99 UW gpa. 13.61% or 187 students had a 4.0. 62.52+ 13.61 is 76.13%. And if you scroll all the way down to the end of the chart it literally says the the avg gpa is a 3.83.
https://provost.emory.edu/planning-administration/data/factbook/admissions.html

Anyone that beileves a T25 would have 65% of students less than an A avg is slow, or needs to be sued for purposeful slander.

Are you a god damn idiot? I knew emory was full of them but this is next level.

https://provost.emory.edu/planning-administration/data/factbook/admissions.html

From your link:

Fall 2025 Profile

4.00 16.7%
3.75 - 3.99 20.7%

100% - 37% = 63% with a 3.74 and below. The only slander here is you thinking you're good at math.

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Given the mismatch between the barcharts and the table underneath, I wonder if emory is falsifying GPAs like test scores like their past scandal:

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/08/20/emory-misreported-admissions-data-more-decade

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Anonymous wrote:I think these are all good schools. But for full pay families, I dont see the value. My kid is at UCL - very happily. Would we have paid for T10 schools, sure. Although she got into Vandy and still choose UCL (that was more about strength of major).

I can see going down a level for merit. But, for us, overseas is where the price meets value.

Value is relative.
You probably don't see the value in BMW, Mercedes, Lexus but there are people purchasing them while there are people buying Honda, Mazda, VW etc.

well the OP asked about "worth the investment". and now I dont think these schools ranked after T20 is worth 400k +

You don’t get it. We are so rich that 400k is nbd.

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What's the Emory GPA of its junior college (Oxford)? Its marketing piece doesn't mention that stat? For the marketing piece for the class of 2029, the GPA of 3.83 is forADMITTED students. Not enrolled. Enrolled freshman statistics will always be lower, be it for GPA or SAT.

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First have your kid apply to Emory. See if they’re admitted to the Oxford campus. Then you can question the qualifications of the Students.

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This Emory booster is one touchy soul.

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Anonymous wrote:What's the Emory GPA of its junior college (Oxford)? Its marketing piece doesn't mention that stat? For the marketing piece for the class of 2029, the GPA of 3.83 is forADMITTED students. Not enrolled. Enrolled freshman statistics will always be lower, be it for GPA or SAT.

chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://provost.emory.edu/planning-administration/_includes/documents/sections/institutional-data/emory-common-data-set-2024-2025.pdf

The back and forth is ridiculous.
4.0- 17.4%
3.75-3.99- 58.38%
3.5-3.74- 21.24%

avg 3.84
Straight from the CDS from last year. This year clearly won't be much different.

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Anonymous wrote:Wake, BC, and Tulane just won’t impress potential employers or carry much prestige in social circles. They just don’t.

Sorry you suffer from an insecurity complex.

I dont think its insecurity. What are you paying extra for exactly? Small class sizes? Just do an honors program if thats the case. You need a prestigious name to cut through the 1000 applications jobs get nowadays.

Wake, Tulane, and BC are very well regarded institutions. Many colleges are. I don't get the childish urge to sneer at different colleges. And that's not meant as an insult to children because even they don't do that.