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[quote=Anonymous]Does DS love Yale or the idea of Yale (that it's an Ivy)? If the former, then it's probably worth the extra money. If the latter, then probably not.

Possible ways to ferret this out:

Ask him for a one-page essay explaining the rationale for why Yale is worth the extra $150k+ (prices will continue to rise). Look for things like it being important to him that his classmates have average test scores in the 99th percentile, vs. 87th percentile, wanting smaller class sizes, liking the proximity to big cities, specific programs he likes, etc.

You could also offer him half the difference in cost as spending money if he goes to Penn State.

For what it's worth, Yale (#5) holds up much better than most elite universities (Princeton #18, Harvard #41) when the criteria are changed significantly from what US News uses. The ranking below uses professor quality, student happiness, diversity and classroom experience. I like that its strengths extend beyond that which it knows it's going to be ranked on. (PSU is not on the list, which only includes colleges with an average SAT score of 1350 or higher.)

https://lesshighschoolstress.com/blog/6/

Whatever he chooses, congrats! Those are, as you said, two excellent choices and you can't go wrong.

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