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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Since when do you have to get into an accounting program as a pre-freshman? And besides, can't you major in anything and take enough accounting courses to still get a master's in accounting to go CPA route? Not all of my CPA friends majored in accounting.

End of the day this is an overachiever who got into a very prestigious state flagship, UT-Austin -- but turned it down, I'd argue she's a fool for turning it down. And that narrative of her going to a dumb party school ASU instead of prestigious UT-Austin helped WSJ hacks whip up this narrative that smart white kids have to go to crummy party schools because of affirmative action.

UVA, VTech,Michigan, UT-Austin, Berkeley, et al. are literally overflowing with kids as smart and smarter than her. There's nothing especially noteworthy about her that would make Ivies clamor for her. Typical UMC smart kid with professional parents. Dime a dozen.[/quote]

Again, UT probably wasn’t cheap.[/quote]

She was in-state no? [/quote]

https://onestop.utexas.edu/managing-costs/cost-tuition-rates/cost-of-attendance/

It’s at least $28,000/year. I don’t know her personal situation financially but some kids have zero college fund regardless of their parental income. She may have had to take out significant student loans. ASU gives full rides and full tuition generously to top star kids.[/quote]

I fully agree with you, but then how the heck was she going to pay for one of those reach schools?[/quote]

[b]They give significant financial aid even to middle class families.[/b] Beyond that some apply without knowing if they’ll be able to afford every school.[/quote]

No, they don't.  And all of that is determined by FAFSA or the CSS.  We got zero[/quote]

Well, not DCUM middle class, actual middle class.[/quote]

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