UVA vs Vanderbilt

[sparky]

I got in UVA Echols and Vanderbilt full tuition. Which should I choose? I'm still waiting on Duke, JHU, Chicago, Columbia, Harvard and Princeton. I wonder if I get into any I listed before, is it worth going to Vandy over it??

[Anonymous]

sparky wrote:I got in UVA Echols and Vanderbilt full tuition. Which should I choose? I'm still waiting on Duke, JHU, Chicago, Columbia, Harvard and Princeton. I wonder if I get into any I listed before, is it worth going to Vandy over it??

A big part of the puzzle is whether you are a Virginia resident and what your family's financial situation is like and what you intend to study. If your folks are loaded and $73k per year isn't a big deal, then maybe Vanderbilt. If you are in-state and your $73k a year is tough on your family (and say you have siblings planning to go to college as well), then UVA Echols makes a whole lot of sense as a value proposition.

[Anonymous]

In this instance, Vanderbilt over anything but the Ivies you mentioned. Not a tough call.

[sparky]

Anonymous wrote:

sparky wrote:I got in UVA Echols and Vanderbilt full tuition. Which should I choose? I'm still waiting on Duke, JHU, Chicago, Columbia, Harvard and Princeton. I wonder if I get into any I listed before, is it worth going to Vandy over it??

A big part of the puzzle is whether you are a Virginia resident and what your family's financial situation is like and what you intend to study. If your folks are loaded and $73k per year isn't a big deal, then maybe Vanderbilt. If you are in-state and your $73k a year is tough on your family (and say you have siblings planning to go to college as well), then UVA Echols makes a whole lot of sense as a value proposition.

I'm a VA resident, but Vandy I got a scholarship paying for my full tuition. That's what I meant

[sparky]

Anonymous wrote:In this instance, Vanderbilt over anything but the Ivies you mentioned. Not a tough call.

not even Chicago?

[Anonymous]

Full tuition at vandy beats in state at uva, in my book. And I say that as a uva grad.

They probably have similar cultures (Greek, southern, preppy/Jcrew feel). Uva is a better school academically but not against free Vanderbilt.

[sparky]

Anonymous wrote:Full tuition at vandy beats in state at uva, in my book. And I say that as a uva grad.

They probably have similar cultures (Greek, southern, preppy/Jcrew feel). Uva is a better school academically but not against free Vanderbilt.

Why would you say UVA > Vandy academically?

[Anonymous]

sparky wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

sparky wrote:I got in UVA Echols and Vanderbilt full tuition. Which should I choose? I'm still waiting on Duke, JHU, Chicago, Columbia, Harvard and Princeton. I wonder if I get into any I listed before, is it worth going to Vandy over it??

A big part of the puzzle is whether you are a Virginia resident and what your family's financial situation is like and what you intend to study. If your folks are loaded and $73k per year isn't a big deal, then maybe Vanderbilt. If you are in-state and your $73k a year is tough on your family (and say you have siblings planning to go to college as well), then UVA Echols makes a whole lot of sense as a value proposition.

I'm a VA resident, but Vandy I got a scholarship paying for my full tuition. That's what I meant

Have you done the math? My DS was offered $28,000 from two privates but UVA was still a much better deal financially.

[sparky]

Anonymous wrote:

sparky wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

sparky wrote:I got in UVA Echols and Vanderbilt full tuition. Which should I choose? I'm still waiting on Duke, JHU, Chicago, Columbia, Harvard and Princeton. I wonder if I get into any I listed before, is it worth going to Vandy over it??

A big part of the puzzle is whether you are a Virginia resident and what your family's financial situation is like and what you intend to study. If your folks are loaded and $73k per year isn't a big deal, then maybe Vanderbilt. If you are in-state and your $73k a year is tough on your family (and say you have siblings planning to go to college as well), then UVA Echols makes a whole lot of sense as a value proposition.

I'm a VA resident, but Vandy I got a scholarship paying for my full tuition. That's what I meant

Have you done the math? My DS was offered $28,000 from two privates but UVA was still a much better deal financially.

Vandy offered me $44000 pretty much for every single year

[Anonymous]

What will you study? I would compare programs in detail, the national prestige of Vandy versus UVA is not too different to merit one over the other. But free money may mean a lot of love from Vandy, so that would swing my vote.

[Anonymous]

I’m a UVA alum that absolutely adores my school, but I say do Vanderbilt! You (or your parents) will be very glad to save all that money which you can put towards grad school or other costs.

[Anonymous]

Vanderbilt all the way.. It's better ranked and a lot less money. Why is that difficult?

Even if it was not better ranked - It's a lot less money. Why is that difficult?

Where are your parents in all this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

sparky wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

sparky wrote:I got in UVA Echols and Vanderbilt full tuition. Which should I choose? I'm still waiting on Duke, JHU, Chicago, Columbia, Harvard and Princeton. I wonder if I get into any I listed before, is it worth going to Vandy over it??

A big part of the puzzle is whether you are a Virginia resident and what your family's financial situation is like and what you intend to study. If your folks are loaded and $73k per year isn't a big deal, then maybe Vanderbilt. If you are in-state and your $73k a year is tough on your family (and say you have siblings planning to go to college as well), then UVA Echols makes a whole lot of sense as a value proposition.

I'm a VA resident, but Vandy I got a scholarship paying for my full tuition. That's what I meant

Have you done the math? My DS was offered $28,000 from two privates but UVA was still a much better deal financially.

Holy shit. Can you read?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

sparky wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

sparky wrote:I got in UVA Echols and Vanderbilt full tuition. Which should I choose? I'm still waiting on Duke, JHU, Chicago, Columbia, Harvard and Princeton. I wonder if I get into any I listed before, is it worth going to Vandy over it??

A big part of the puzzle is whether you are a Virginia resident and what your family's financial situation is like and what you intend to study. If your folks are loaded and $73k per year isn't a big deal, then maybe Vanderbilt. If you are in-state and your $73k a year is tough on your family (and say you have siblings planning to go to college as well), then UVA Echols makes a whole lot of sense as a value proposition.

I'm a VA resident, but Vandy I got a scholarship paying for my full tuition. That's what I meant

Have you done the math? My DS was offered $28,000 from two privates but UVA was still a much better deal financially.

Holy shit. Can you read?

Yes, I can. Some SLACS are now high as $81,000 per year. If you subtract $28,000, the school is still more expensive than UVA at my student's tuition of $26,000. Vanderbilt is $65K. If you subtract the $28K that my DS was offered by some SLACs, the difference is STILL more than the $26,000 in-state fee he was charged when he entered. So UVA was a better deal financially than the SLACs with the $28K offer. Now, since you posted, OP has said he or she received $44K. $65K minus 44K is still $21K in the hole but a better deal than UVA, which now is @ $32K for entering students. However, if it were NYC offering the $44K, then UVA would be a better deal. Remember also that the delta between the expensive privates and in-state UVA is paid in after tax dollars, so if you are in the 40% tax bracket, you basically have to double the delta in order to pay the difference.

[Anonymous]

1. Are there conditions to keep the scholarship all four years?

2. Would saving that tuition money now make grad school a possibility or is money not a concern?