University of Miami or Harvard?

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Anonymous wrote:How is this even a question?
Harvard.

+1.

I wasn't going to respond to this thread, but this post sums it up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is this even a question?
Harvard.

+1.

I wasn't going to respond to this thread, but this post sums it up.[/quote]


+1. Sports lasts for just a few years. The resume entry is for lifetime. And, yes, I went to Harvard.

[Anonymous]

Sailing. Is it sailing? Lacrosse- maybe lacrosse. What sport!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It seems like OP is fine with letting the kid make an immature or lazy choice. If there are really no ambitions beyond his joining the family business, why bother choosing the more challenging academic environment?

Seriously, if the kid is just going to join the family business, then why bother with college? I mean, you would think the kid would need to learn a little something about finance and economics and how to read a balance sheet etc.

[Anonymous]

The tuition isn't equal. OP said 50% scholarship at Miami only.

I would avoid student loans to greatest extent possible.

[Anonymous]

If this is really a tough decision, then please don’t go to Harvard. Leave it for the people who really want to be there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Again, WHAT IS THE SPORT?

Baseball

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DS has already got accepted to Harvard as a recruited athlete but takes a gap year to attend college in Fall '22 so that he can do sport training full time between Fall '21 and May '22. He is currently in Boca Raton for training and loving every minute of it, especially the weather.

He also got accepted to University of Miami but turned it down because he thought Harvard would be a better fit for him. Miami offered a 50% scholarship and none from Harvard.

He has been on the University of Miami campus at least five times since arriving in Boca Raton and he loves the campus and the weather there. He is now contemplating enrolling at University of Miami in Fall '22. Miami's coaching staff told him that he would be welcomed there and that they will honor the 50% scholarship.

He loves the weather and the atmosphere at the University of Miami. Havard offers a great education but it does not offer the weather climate of Miami. Right now, he is 51% Miami and 49% Havard.

Thoughts?

Kewl troll post

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If he is dumb enough to prefer Miami for it's weather - I say go for it, make the change and open up a spot for some smarter and clearly more deserving kid to Harvard.

Harsh, but not totally inaccurate. OP's son is thinking very short term.

You're acting like Harvard makes the student, the reality is the students make Harvard what it is. If he is smart enough into Harvard he'll probably be fine doing whatever it is he'd like to do or go where he wants with or without Harvard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. He asked me for advice and I told him that he should make his own decision on where he wants to go. I don't care if he chooses University of Miami. I told him he should pick a school that will fit his academic and athletic needs. Three of his cousins attended Harvard and they all hated it, graduating class '2019.

He is a D1 recruited athlete so his life will be fine regardless of Miami or Harvard. Athletes are treated differently with the alumni and boosters helping them along the way, I get that. My younger brother was a D1 athlete at UVA and he has a very successful career, making a lot of money in IT sales while his Columbia graduate wife is a school teacher for FCPS making 1/25th of her husband.

This post pretty much sums up dcum. I like the subtle UVA trolling here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems like OP is fine with letting the kid make an immature or lazy choice. If there are really no ambitions beyond his joining the family business, why bother choosing the more challenging academic environment?

Seriously, if the kid is just going to join the family business, then why bother with college? I mean, you would think the kid would need to learn a little something about finance and economics and how to read a balance sheet etc.

The kid clearly wants to party. This cold winter BS is just an excuse because he can't say to mom out loud that his priority is the social scene. Or rather, mom can't say that to her social circles, because mom herself doesn't care at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If he is dumb enough to prefer Miami for it's weather - I say go for it, make the change and open up a spot for some smarter and clearly more deserving kid to Harvard.

Plus 1

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Anonymous wrote:Don't take this the wrong way - I am sure the OP's kid is smart. Does anyone ever factor in how challenging it must be to be a student in Harvard classes? And be surrounded for 4 years by Harvard students? I mean - does the magically networking fairy bless everyone that goes there? Not without a price...and I don't mean just money.

The hardest part about Harvard is getting in. It's a trope, but there is a lot of truth in it. If OP had said MIT or Cal or Cal Tech, I'd agree, but he can be a History or English major at Harvard and be fine.

Well you really aren't familiar with the level of writing and analysis expected in those disciplines at Harvard, are you?

Yes, I am.

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't take this the wrong way - I am sure the OP's kid is smart. Does anyone ever factor in how challenging it must be to be a student in Harvard classes? And be surrounded for 4 years by Harvard students? I mean - does the magically networking fairy bless everyone that goes there? Not without a price...and I don't mean just money.

The hardest part about Harvard is getting in. It's a trope, but there is a lot of truth in it. If OP had said MIT or Cal or Cal Tech, I'd agree, but he can be a History or English major at Harvard and be fine.

Well, you really aren't familiar with the level of writing and analysis expected in those disciplines at Harvard, are you?

Yes, I am.

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Funny, It would have been more cleaver to correct the English major.

P.S. Thanks fir the 411 that we can use red.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went to Harvard and can confirm that the name has and continues to open doors to me. It is clear that the Harvard name catches attention and draws perks and special consideration long after the point when most other colleges' names stops mattering in the course of a person's career. Fair or not, the advantage is real.

In 10 years, nobody will take note of Miami on your son's CV, but Harvard will continue to draw attention for his entire professional career. It is absurd to consider passing up Harvard for the sake of a few years in the sun now: tell your son to go to Harvard and then move to Miami for work.

Plus, Cambridge and Boston have a charm of their own.

This is confirmation bias. You haven’t been in the job market as the graduate of another university. Other colleges have prestige and alumni networks. Back in the day, when every high-stats kid who applied could get into an Ivy and these schools had a concentration of the children of the wealthy and powerful, Harvard meant more. Now, there are huge numbers of smart, high stats kids who go elsewhere. Yes, a Harvard degree is nice, but the difference between an Ivy degree and a degree from one of the many other well-regarded schools out there isn’t what it used to be.