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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The opinion of any poster saying choose Penn State over Yale is worthless, because none of them would ever choose that for their own kid.[/quote]

Pfft. I'm sure it's happened many times.[/quote]
I've seen it happen for a free ride or close to free ride at schools ranker lower than Penn State, so yes, it does happen.

I've also seen it happen for athletes offered athletic scholarships elsewhere or perhaps have a chance to play for a more successful/established team. This might actually be a tough choice if OP's son was playing football or basketball at Penn State and had dreams of playing after college, for example. [/quote]

Not saying "it never happens!" I'm saying every one of you in OP's position would choose Yale. Every person reading this.

(Unless there is another reason, like kid is having a breakdown and needs to be closer to home, or something)[/quote]
Well, we don't know the exact details of OP's position, including: 
(1) Intended course of study
(2) Whether this will affect opportunities available for siblings 
(3) Whether this will affect retirement
(4)  Whether this would require loans (though I'm assuming not, since OP said they could afford either option)[/quote]

Exactly. Making absolute statements about what EVERYONE would do is kind of stupid on a planet with 8 billion people.[/quote]

It would have to be a very specific scenario for Penn State to make sense in this case.  OP gave us two facts.  Her son loved Yale and they can afford to pay for it.   With those two facts in play, its hard to imagine what additional information we could get that would have Penn State be a more logical choice than Yale.  [/quote]

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