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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you paying full price except for the loans? If you're spending that money other than the loans, I'd ask her if she'd rather have it available for grad school than spend it now. I took out $20K 15 years ago so that doesn't seem like a huge issue to me, but I was also getting a ton of financial aid so the total calculation was different. I wouldn't turn her off a school she likes over that much in loans, though. [/quote]

No, we received about 50% FA from the HYPS school. Even at $35k a year, it's a big stretch for us (I know most of DCUM can't relate). We won't be able to pay for her grad school if she goes to HYPS, but then again DD has absolutely no idea what type of grad school she'd like to go to. [/quote]

Not sure if your DD is fine arts inclined but, if so, go with HYPS.  [/quote]

She isn't, but I'm curious what makes you say that. [/quote]

If she decides to do an MFA (fiction, poetry, dramaturgy, art, etc.), these grad programs are cliquish and rely on excellent name dropping.  They also have excellent performance/exhibition opportunities. [/quote]

Thank you for the tip. She's open to an MFA in a creative writing field (cue starving artist jokes...) [/quote]

The mythical tenure track for MFAs is just that!  Very few positions open up for tenure track.  The need for constant publishing, exhibitions and performances can be very stressful and lead to a long slog -- HYPS or not.

At least most MFAs will pay you to attend.  So no loans there.  But soon after you are thrown into the workforce of jumping from one adjunct professor post to another, you will quickly need to make a decision to stick with the academic track or go to law school... sigh (not based on personal experience or anything!).[/quote]
 
Doing well as an undergrad at HYPS makes HYPS for grad school a lot more doable and tenure track humanities positions draw heavily from top ranked programs [/quote][/quote]

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