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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don’t take out loans just to go to a top school (I don’t know if you’re including loans when you say financial aid) if you aren’t going to take advantage of the connections they offer. Graduating debt-free gives you a ton of freedom that may or may not outweigh the graduating with an Ivy degree. [/quote]

DC is graduating debt free but honestly I wish they took out loans so they’d kick their ass into gear and get a high paying job after graduation (the entire purpose of college), or at least go to law school. Perhaps I should make them take out loans for the next two years?

Also disappointing is that I keep telling DC to search for internships to do during the school year since their college is in NYC and doesn’t have classes on Fridays (guess which Ivy….), but they keep refusing because their classes are “too time consuming.” Maybe if they were a STEM major, an athlete, or at least had a 3.8+ I’d buy this, but I don’t believe it (DC is not an athlete at their school). Clearly they’re just making excuses to be lazy, which is so frustrating. [/quote]

PP here. What is your kid’s GPA? What is their major? Graduating debt free from an Ivy isn’t bad. Up to you about the loans.

It sounds like a state school where they could’ve majored in nursing, computer science, information technology, accounting, secondary education, or similar would have been a better fit with lower stakes because you’re not dropping tons of money on it. [/quote]

You are so right. Every single damn day DH and I wish we sent our kid off to the state flagship as a nursing/accounting/engineering major. Would’ve been WAY  better career wise. I thought about having DC transfer last year but foolishly thought that the elite school degree would make up for things, but I was wrong. It’s too late now.

3.7 in philosophy. Most humanities majors at their school have a 3.8+, so they’re not getting called back for any interviews. [/quote]

You have to let go, op.  Your child will be fine.  I am the child of immigrants.  I get your concerns.  But seriously, any ivy league grad with a philosophy major will be just fine.  She will land on her feet.  Stop hating on her.[/quote]

No actually, they won’t be fine. A family friend’s kid graduated from Brown as a linguistics major last year. She’s been working as a barista for the past year because she can’t find any other job. [/quote]

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