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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depends on which Ivy and which major.  Not saying either and asking if it's worth it doesn't make much sense.[/quote]

+1.  It also depends on your personal financial situation, child’s ambitions, etc. A kid who wants to be a Supreme Court justice someday and they just got into Yale?  Sure, stretch for it. A kid who seems like a natural-born engineer who wants to work for NASA someday and they just got into Cornell? Sure.  A kid who isn’t sure what they want and is planning to major in English and they got into Dartmouth?  Well, I probably wouldn’t.  [/quote]

I would do it for the Dartmouth kid if they were unhooked. That means they worked hard to get the grades and test scores that got them into Dartmouth, so we're not talking about an unmotivated kid who doesn't really care about school and has no ambition. If they were unsure what they wanted and thinking of majoring in English, I would think the environment of an Ivy would be particularly beneficial for a smart, motivated kid still figuring it out. They will be around other smart, motivated kids, and whatever they decided to do, the Dartmouth degree would give them a leg up. And what's the alternative for that kid? Send them to a large state university that might have great programs but will be harder to navigate, have less specific and personalized advising, a weaker alumni community, and less overall cache on the job market? Or a non-Ivy SLAC where they major in English and their peer group includes a lot of aimless rich kids?

I get not wanting to spend big money on a college education for an aimless kid, but aimless kids don't get into Ivies (ignoring exceptions like donor or celeb kids).

TBH the only situations where my kid got into an Ivy but I decided not to pay for it would be (1) we just absolutely could not afford it, or (2) my kid didn't actually want to go.[/quote]

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