Did your kid go to a T100-T200 school? Tell me here

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi OP,

I set up the same parameters for my kid’s search. They still applied - and were accepted to Top 50 schools, but they were non-starters for us too because of the costs.

Check out the schools listed by US News as regional schools. Some are not nationally ranked because they are too small, while others are usually below 150 to the mid 200s. Most give generous merit scholarships and many have Honors Colleges or Honors Programs. My DC attends St. Joseph’s University aka St. Joe’s in Philadelphia. A Jesuit school with 4,000 undergrads, the school provides advising from freshman year on, and colleges of pharmacy, arts & science, business, nursing, education, and liberal arts. They also have many combined 3-2 health certification programs such as PA.

DC graduated from a local DMV private with a 3.5 and a 1440 SAT. They were not accepted into St. Joe’s small honors program because of their low-ish HS GPA. They’ve excelled at SJU, being a big fish in a little pond. Lots of great internships, shadowships, study abroad, and honors programs, and hands-on attention from professors. Majoring in finance, this summer they’ll be interning at a best in class global firm with an intern acceptance rate of only 2%.

We read somewhere, early in our search, a research study showing that the best indicator of success is where a kid applies. If they see themselves at Georgetown or Penn, for example, they’ll achieve at that level.

Good luck to your DC.

I can guarantee you that is doctored in some some way.

They went to a DC private. It may be a matter of dad asking a golfing buddy for a favor. When people talk about the name of the school not mattering for UMC and UC kids it's because those kids have networks to rely on instead of the college

This is the pp you are referring to. Dad doesn’t golf - he’s a fed! Kid just networked a ton and treated the internship search as another class. I think he spent the most time, actually, searching for internships, then a close tie between partying / chillaxing and classes.

And to 11:01 - you don’t know what you are talking about. Some of the very top finance internships have acceptance rates below 1%. Look it up. Google and investopedia are your friends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:University of Cincinnati

I’m the SJU poster. I want to check U Cincinnati for kid #2. Can you tell us about it? Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi OP,

I set up the same parameters for my kid’s search. They still applied - and were accepted to Top 50 schools, but they were non-starters for us too because of the costs.

Check out the schools listed by US News as regional schools. Some are not nationally ranked because they are too small, while others are usually below 150 to the mid 200s. Most give generous merit scholarships and many have Honors Colleges or Honors Programs. My DC attends St. Joseph’s University aka St. Joe’s in Philadelphia. A Jesuit school with 4,000 undergrads, the school provides advising from freshman year on, and colleges of pharmacy, arts & science, business, nursing, education, and liberal arts. They also have many combined 3-2 health certification programs such as PA.

DC graduated from a local DMV private with a 3.5 and a 1440 SAT. They were not accepted into St. Joe’s small honors program because of their low-ish HS GPA. They’ve excelled at SJU, being a big fish in a little pond. Lots of great internships, shadowships, study abroad, and honors programs, and hands-on attention from professors. Majoring in finance, this summer they’ll be interning at a best in class global firm with an intern acceptance rate of only 2%.

We read somewhere, early in our search, a research study showing that the best indicator of success is where a kid applies. If they see themselves at Georgetown or Penn, for example, they’ll achieve at that level.

Good luck to your DC.

I can guarantee you that is doctored in some some way.

They went to a DC private. It may be a matter of dad asking a golfing buddy for a favor. When people talk about the name of the school not mattering for UMC and UC kids it's because those kids have networks to rely on instead of the college

This is the pp you are referring to. Dad doesn’t golf - he’s a fed! Kid just networked a ton and treated the internship search as another class. I think he spent the most time, actually, searching for internships, then a close tie between partying / chillaxing and classes.

And to 11:01 - you don’t know what you are talking about. Some of the very top finance internships have acceptance rates below 1%. Look it up. Google and investopedia are your friends.

Not the ones that someone from SJU is getting into without family connections; sorry. There are certainly none in the Philadelphia area (which I am intimately familiar with) that fit that description except SIG. Nor is it the case for back office “finance” internships in Charlotte, SLC, Wilmington DE or Philly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi OP,

I set up the same parameters for my kid’s search. They still applied - and were accepted to Top 50 schools, but they were non-starters for us too because of the costs.

Check out the schools listed by US News as regional schools. Some are not nationally ranked because they are too small, while others are usually below 150 to the mid 200s. Most give generous merit scholarships and many have Honors Colleges or Honors Programs. My DC attends St. Joseph’s University aka St. Joe’s in Philadelphia. A Jesuit school with 4,000 undergrads, the school provides advising from freshman year on, and colleges of pharmacy, arts & science, business, nursing, education, and liberal arts. They also have many combined 3-2 health certification programs such as PA.

DC graduated from a local DMV private with a 3.5 and a 1440 SAT. They were not accepted into St. Joe’s small honors program because of their low-ish HS GPA. They’ve excelled at SJU, being a big fish in a little pond. Lots of great internships, shadowships, study abroad, and honors programs, and hands-on attention from professors. Majoring in finance, this summer they’ll be interning at a best in class global firm with an intern acceptance rate of only 2%.

We read somewhere, early in our search, a research study showing that the best indicator of success is where a kid applies. If they see themselves at Georgetown or Penn, for example, they’ll achieve at that level.

Good luck to your DC.

I can guarantee you that is doctored in some some way.

They went to a DC private. It may be a matter of dad asking a golfing buddy for a favor. When people talk about the name of the school not mattering for UMC and UC kids it's because those kids have networks to rely on instead of the college

This is the pp you are referring to. Dad doesn’t golf - he’s a fed! Kid just networked a ton and treated the internship search as another class. I think he spent the most time, actually, searching for internships, then a close tie between partying / chillaxing and classes.

And to 11:01 - you don’t know what you are talking about. Some of the very top finance internships have acceptance rates below 1%. Look it up. Google and investopedia are your friends.

Jobs/internships do not publish “acceptance rates.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi OP,

I set up the same parameters for my kid’s search. They still applied - and were accepted to Top 50 schools, but they were non-starters for us too because of the costs.

Check out the schools listed by US News as regional schools. Some are not nationally ranked because they are too small, while others are usually below 150 to the mid 200s. Most give generous merit scholarships and many have Honors Colleges or Honors Programs. My DC attends St. Joseph’s University aka St. Joe’s in Philadelphia. A Jesuit school with 4,000 undergrads, the school provides advising from freshman year on, and colleges of pharmacy, arts & science, business, nursing, education, and liberal arts. They also have many combined 3-2 health certification programs such as PA.

DC graduated from a local DMV private with a 3.5 and a 1440 SAT. They were not accepted into St. Joe’s small honors program because of their low-ish HS GPA. They’ve excelled at SJU, being a big fish in a little pond. Lots of great internships, shadowships, study abroad, and honors programs, and hands-on attention from professors. Majoring in finance, this summer they’ll be interning at a best in class global firm with an intern acceptance rate of only 2%.

We read somewhere, early in our search, a research study showing that the best indicator of success is where a kid applies. If they see themselves at Georgetown or Penn, for example, they’ll achieve at that level.

Good luck to your DC.

I can guarantee you that is doctored in some some way.

They went to a DC private. It may be a matter of dad asking a golfing buddy for a favor. When people talk about the name of the school not mattering for UMC and UC kids it's because those kids have networks to rely on instead of the college

This is the pp you are referring to. Dad doesn’t golf - he’s a fed! Kid just networked a ton and treated the internship search as another class. I think he spent the most time, actually, searching for internships, then a close tie between partying / chillaxing and classes.

And to 11:01 - you don’t know what you are talking about. Some of the very top finance internships have acceptance rates below 1%. Look it up. Google and investopedia are your friends.

Jobs/internships do not publish “acceptance rates.”

NP. There is actually a lot of data about this. You are out of touch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi OP,

I set up the same parameters for my kid’s search. They still applied - and were accepted to Top 50 schools, but they were non-starters for us too because of the costs.

Check out the schools listed by US News as regional schools. Some are not nationally ranked because they are too small, while others are usually below 150 to the mid 200s. Most give generous merit scholarships and many have Honors Colleges or Honors Programs. My DC attends St. Joseph’s University aka St. Joe’s in Philadelphia. A Jesuit school with 4,000 undergrads, the school provides advising from freshman year on, and colleges of pharmacy, arts & science, business, nursing, education, and liberal arts. They also have many combined 3-2 health certification programs such as PA.

DC graduated from a local DMV private with a 3.5 and a 1440 SAT. They were not accepted into St. Joe’s small honors program because of their low-ish HS GPA. They’ve excelled at SJU, being a big fish in a little pond. Lots of great internships, shadowships, study abroad, and honors programs, and hands-on attention from professors. Majoring in finance, this summer they’ll be interning at a best in class global firm with an intern acceptance rate of only 2%.

We read somewhere, early in our search, a research study showing that the best indicator of success is where a kid applies. If they see themselves at Georgetown or Penn, for example, they’ll achieve at that level.

Good luck to your DC.

I can guarantee you that is doctored in some some way.

They went to a DC private. It may be a matter of dad asking a golfing buddy for a favor. When people talk about the name of the school not mattering for UMC and UC kids it's because those kids have networks to rely on instead of the college

This is the pp you are referring to. Dad doesn’t golf - he’s a fed! Kid just networked a ton and treated the internship search as another class. I think he spent the most time, actually, searching for internships, then a close tie between partying / chillaxing and classes.

And to 11:01 - you don’t know what you are talking about. Some of the very top finance internships have acceptance rates below 1%. Look it up. Google and investopedia are your friends.

Not the ones that someone from SJU is getting into without family connections; sorry. There are certainly none in the Philadelphia area (which I am intimately familiar with) that fit that description except SIG. Nor is it the case for back office “finance” internships in Charlotte, SLC, Wilmington DE or Philly.

Ok, I guess I must be a delusional dreamer then. Go on, keep telling me what my kid did not do. It’s not back office, btw. I’ll admit the acceptance number published was firm-wide (global firm). Is that what you consider doctored?

I can tell you I was in tears when he turned down my alma mater because of the $300k price tag, and I really did not think he would land the kind of highly competitive internship he sought. It’s important to know that the student is the ultimate driver of success, and I want to encourage other parents to explore different options rather than simply signing up for Parent Plus loans as the schools encourage “donut hole” families to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi OP,

I set up the same parameters for my kid’s search. They still applied - and were accepted to Top 50 schools, but they were non-starters for us too because of the costs.

Check out the schools listed by US News as regional schools. Some are not nationally ranked because they are too small, while others are usually below 150 to the mid 200s. Most give generous merit scholarships and many have Honors Colleges or Honors Programs. My DC attends St. Joseph’s University aka St. Joe’s in Philadelphia. A Jesuit school with 4,000 undergrads, the school provides advising from freshman year on, and colleges of pharmacy, arts & science, business, nursing, education, and liberal arts. They also have many combined 3-2 health certification programs such as PA.

DC graduated from a local DMV private with a 3.5 and a 1440 SAT. They were not accepted into St. Joe’s small honors program because of their low-ish HS GPA. They’ve excelled at SJU, being a big fish in a little pond. Lots of great internships, shadowships, study abroad, and honors programs, and hands-on attention from professors. Majoring in finance, this summer they’ll be interning at a best in class global firm with an intern acceptance rate of only 2%.

We read somewhere, early in our search, a research study showing that the best indicator of success is where a kid applies. If they see themselves at Georgetown or Penn, for example, they’ll achieve at that level.

Good luck to your DC.

I can guarantee you that is doctored in some some way.

They went to a DC private. It may be a matter of dad asking a golfing buddy for a favor. When people talk about the name of the school not mattering for UMC and UC kids it's because those kids have networks to rely on instead of the college

This is the pp you are referring to. Dad doesn’t golf - he’s a fed! Kid just networked a ton and treated the internship search as another class. I think he spent the most time, actually, searching for internships, then a close tie between partying / chillaxing and classes.

And to 11:01 - you don’t know what you are talking about. Some of the very top finance internships have acceptance rates below 1%. Look it up. Google and investopedia are your friends.

Not the ones that someone from SJU is getting into without family connections; sorry. There are certainly none in the Philadelphia area (which I am intimately familiar with) that fit that description except SIG. Nor is it the case for back office “finance” internships in Charlotte, SLC, Wilmington DE or Philly.

Ok, I guess I must be a delusional dreamer then. Go on, keep telling me what my kid did not do. It’s not back office, btw. I’ll admit the acceptance number published was firm-wide (global firm). Is that what you consider doctored?

I can tell you I was in tears when he turned down my alma mater because of the $300k price tag, and I really did not think he would land the kind of highly competitive internship he sought. It’s important to know that the student is the ultimate driver of success, and I want to encourage other parents to explore different options rather than simply signing up for Parent Plus loans as the schools encourage “donut hole” families to do.

Yes. That includes people applying to multiple different positions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi OP,

I set up the same parameters for my kid’s search. They still applied - and were accepted to Top 50 schools, but they were non-starters for us too because of the costs.

Check out the schools listed by US News as regional schools. Some are not nationally ranked because they are too small, while others are usually below 150 to the mid 200s. Most give generous merit scholarships and many have Honors Colleges or Honors Programs. My DC attends St. Joseph’s University aka St. Joe’s in Philadelphia. A Jesuit school with 4,000 undergrads, the school provides advising from freshman year on, and colleges of pharmacy, arts & science, business, nursing, education, and liberal arts. They also have many combined 3-2 health certification programs such as PA.

DC graduated from a local DMV private with a 3.5 and a 1440 SAT. They were not accepted into St. Joe’s small honors program because of their low-ish HS GPA. They’ve excelled at SJU, being a big fish in a little pond. Lots of great internships, shadowships, study abroad, and honors programs, and hands-on attention from professors. Majoring in finance, this summer they’ll be interning at a best in class global firm with an intern acceptance rate of only 2%.

We read somewhere, early in our search, a research study showing that the best indicator of success is where a kid applies. If they see themselves at Georgetown or Penn, for example, they’ll achieve at that level.

Good luck to your DC.

I can guarantee you that is doctored in some some way.

They went to a DC private. It may be a matter of dad asking a golfing buddy for a favor. When people talk about the name of the school not mattering for UMC and UC kids it's because those kids have networks to rely on instead of the college

This is the pp you are referring to. Dad doesn’t golf - he’s a fed! Kid just networked a ton and treated the internship search as another class. I think he spent the most time, actually, searching for internships, then a close tie between partying / chillaxing and classes.

And to 11:01 - you don’t know what you are talking about. Some of the very top finance internships have acceptance rates below 1%. Look it up. Google and investopedia are your friends.

Not the ones that someone from SJU is getting into without family connections; sorry. There are certainly none in the Philadelphia area (which I am intimately familiar with) that fit that description except SIG. Nor is it the case for back office “finance” internships in Charlotte, SLC, Wilmington DE or Philly.

Ok, I guess I must be a delusional dreamer then. Go on, keep telling me what my kid did not do. It’s not back office, btw. I’ll admit the acceptance number published was firm-wide (global firm). Is that what you consider doctored?

I can tell you I was in tears when he turned down my alma mater because of the $300k price tag, and I really did not think he would land the kind of highly competitive internship he sought. It’s important to know that the student is the ultimate driver of success, and I want to encourage other parents to explore different options rather than simply signing up for Parent Plus loans as the schools encourage “donut hole” families to do.

Let me guess, “corporate finance” at EY or Deloitte. Those “acceptance rates” are completely inaccurate.

[Anonymous]

List of T100 - T200 schools? Where do I find that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:List of T100 - T200 schools? Where do I find that?

USWNR national universities. Keep scrolling until you get into the 100s. They rank 436 schools total.

[Anonymous]

If your DC is interested in East Asian studies, it might be worth looking into a school with a Title VI National Resource Center--they get federal money for instruction in area studies. I went to a Title VI school for graduate work and had my tuition paid for and a stipend. I am not sure how generous they are with undergrads, but it may be worth looking into their programs. Here is a list with links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Resource_Center

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:University of Cincinnati

I’m the SJU poster. I want to check U Cincinnati for kid #2. Can you tell us about it? Thanks.

Thanks for posting about SJU! I admit that I have limited personal experience but my nieces live in Ohio and attend. They really enjoy their experiences and have found a great community within the club sports scene, particularly frisbee. My older niece studies biology and also does research and volunteers at the zoo. It is a R1 university so lots of opportunities but also profs who are very focused on research. It has definitely helped them learn how to advocate for themselves and take initiative. The younger one just started but wants to study political science and is excited to volunteer with political campaigns in the city. Reddit might also have some insights, just remember that some of the more disgruntled voices might also be some of the loudest. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

University of Arizona honors. Or any of the UC schools she gets in to. What about cal poly? SLO is heaven.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:University of Arizona honors. Or any of the UC schools she gets in to. What about cal poly? SLO is heaven.

+1 great option for the environmental bio interest and they have a Japanese minor. But be aware it's more competitive than some of the UCs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi OP,

I set up the same parameters for my kid’s search. They still applied - and were accepted to Top 50 schools, but they were non-starters for us too because of the costs.

Check out the schools listed by US News as regional schools. Some are not nationally ranked because they are too small, while others are usually below 150 to the mid 200s. Most give generous merit scholarships and many have Honors Colleges or Honors Programs. My DC attends St. Joseph’s University aka St. Joe’s in Philadelphia. A Jesuit school with 4,000 undergrads, the school provides advising from freshman year on, and colleges of pharmacy, arts & science, business, nursing, education, and liberal arts. They also have many combined 3-2 health certification programs such as PA.

DC graduated from a local DMV private with a 3.5 and a 1440 SAT. They were not accepted into St. Joe’s small honors program because of their low-ish HS GPA. They’ve excelled at SJU, being a big fish in a little pond. Lots of great internships, shadowships, study abroad, and honors programs, and hands-on attention from professors. Majoring in finance, this summer they’ll be interning at a best in class global firm with an intern acceptance rate of only 2%.

We read somewhere, early in our search, a research study showing that the best indicator of success is where a kid applies. If they see themselves at Georgetown or Penn, for example, they’ll achieve at that level.

Good luck to your DC.

I can guarantee you that is doctored in some some way.

They went to a DC private. It may be a matter of dad asking a golfing buddy for a favor. When people talk about the name of the school not mattering for UMC and UC kids it's because those kids have networks to rely on instead of the college

This is the pp you are referring to. Dad doesn’t golf - he’s a fed! Kid just networked a ton and treated the internship search as another class. I think he spent the most time, actually, searching for internships, then a close tie between partying / chillaxing and classes.

And to 11:01 - you don’t know what you are talking about. Some of the very top finance internships have acceptance rates below 1%. Look it up. Google and investopedia are your friends.

Not the ones that someone from SJU is getting into without family connections; sorry. There are certainly none in the Philadelphia area (which I am intimately familiar with) that fit that description except SIG. Nor is it the case for back office “finance” internships in Charlotte, SLC, Wilmington DE or Philly.

NP. How in the world are you an authority on what someone else's kid (whom you don't know) did? So weird the need for some people here to play arbiter.