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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD is fortunate to have good options to consider and feels very grateful but conflicted. She was accepted to six schools, five of which offered generous merit and/or talent scholarships. The sixth school offered nothing but acceptance, which was a reach. She’s feeling guilty about wanting the more prestigious school she loves when the other schools seem to [b]love her more.[/b] We have the money to pay for the sixth school (OOS public), but it will hurt. Thoughts? Advice?[/quote]

The schools that gave merit do not love her more, they need her more and she is that much above the average student at those schools thst they want her for their own gain.

She may not fit in academically if she is too far above typical. Let her go to the prestigious school: you can afford it and you admit it is more prestigious, which helps with outcomes.

Mine turned down full cost of attendance and summer $ for an ivy on the top10 overall: the opportunities have been almost without bounds and the chance to study with intellectually elite peers who on average are on the same level as themselves has been fantastic. Even with the NIH triggered funding cuts  there are still many paid options for their own students this summer. 
Prestige matters. Those that say it doesn’t do not have students at different tiers to compare.[/quote]

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