Reply to U Chicago vs Georgetown

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "U Chicago vs Georgetown"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They both need money. Badly.

[/quote]

I agree. If full pay, you're in the driver's seat with those stats.  Both schools are under financial strains, and rich kids that are paying the full nut are part of the solution.  Sad but true. [/quote]

So sorry that people who actually earn money are making it possible for others who can't afford to attend for free. My kid is a full-pay and is a highly-engaged, contributing member of the Georgetown community who will go on to get a Ph.D. and do interesting things. Why is that sad?[/quote]

As a parent of a student on FA, thank you. I truly appreciate everything that makes it possible for my kid to go to a good school that we otherwise cannot afford.

OP - people will rake me over the coals for this but it is not ED or bust for UChicago. My kid applied EA and needing financial aid and got in. We are not quite PELL eligible either but could not afford the $90K price tag and got significant enough aid to make it doable.

It was however, their first choice school. Just did not apply ED because we were unsure of how the finances would work out having no prior experience to how accurate the NPCs truly are (and in this case, they were). But they knew in their heart that they loved everything about UChicago, including the grind. It was not necessarily the vision I had in mind for my first child's college experience since I wanted the whole vibe of a college campus (UChicago seems more embedded into the suburb of Hyde Park versus a more pronounced "campus") but in the end, they're the one going to school, not me.

If your child truly has Georgetown as their first choice, I would consider REA and if that doesn't pan out, ED2 to UChicago.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics