Reply to Less Selective College but the right fit?

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Less Selective College but the right fit?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child has been accepted into a college with a less selective ranking. She likes the school, it's a good fit and she was awarded considerable merit aid. She was also accepted into a more selective college and program. It's not as good of a fit. Older campus and not exactly the type of location she feels comfortable living in.

I've told her to go with her gut but she's struggling that she feels like she *should* like the more selective/prestigious school.

Any tips? I'm basically trying to guide her to where she will be happy but even I'm wondering how much I should push.[/quote]

Consider the career and/or grad school outcomes in their area of interest, geographically speaking where people end up working, the ECs they might continue and how much their potential major helps with applied learning opportunities.  To some extent it’s like buying a house - yes you are purchasing a home where you want to live but it is also a big financial investment so you shouldn’t ignore that reality.  My kid was considering a lower ranked school but as part of their analysis they realized that they would most definitely need grad school right away for their major if they attended this school while the higher ranked school had more going directly into the job market and if they did get a job directly out of school from the lower ranked school it wouldn’t be in the region/area they wanted to live in.[/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