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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS got accepted to one of the Ivies—think Princeton, Yale, or Harvard—but we would have had to pay the full cost, around $100K per year. He also got accepted to University of Florida with a full ride (tuition plus room and board).

We told him that he could attend UF and have $400K+ (depending on investment growth) waiting for him at graduation, or he could attend the Ivy. Seven years earlier, one of his older brothers had been in the exact same situation and chose to attend an Ivy League school, which he later regretted. His $300K could have grown into several million dollars. We’re not wealthy, so while money isn’t everything, it’s important to be able to live a stress-free life.

My older DS advised his younger brother to take the $400K and attend UF, and he did. He’ll be a freshman at UF in a few months.

YMMV.[/quote]

let's see what he thinks of his decision later.

i was full pay at HYP. no regrets! [/quote]

PP here.  Did you fully read what I wrote before commenting? DS older brother paid full tuition at HYP and regretted the decision.[/quote]

It sounds like your entire family has bad judgment.  Passing on H/Y/P for Florida, however, borders on criminally bad decision making.   But here you are bragging about it.[/quote]

DCUM never disappoints.  WTF...[/quote]

Having the money to send kid to an Ivy and instead sending to a school known for heavily relying on online classes is truly 
a WTF decision.  [/quote]

Your ignorance shows. UF is an excellent school. [/quote]

They have online classes, and they don't do a lot of work.  A lot of smart kids go there, but I think it is a lot like the public school system in america.  You can get a great education, but you need to seek out opportunities.  I think at the ivies, there is a lot of peer pressure to do work, and challenge yourself.  Go and look at the downtown bar scene on a thursday night at UF vs. Yale.  It is a different learning environment. [/quote]

I agree to a point but as a parent I really don’t value pressure to work over seeking out opportunities as you put it. But to each their own. [/quote]

My kid went to a large public and worked like a dog. [b]I can't imagine any Ivy would be harder.[/b]
[b]The dorms might be nicer at an Ivy,[/b] though. 
She made a lot of smart friends and got into a great grad program.

Those four years only matter if your kid is planning on a career in higher ed. Otherwise, hard work, great networking and a great attitude will bring success even if you go to community college (BTW, a friend went to CC, then big state school and got into HLS. It happens.) [/quote]

First ivy dorms are not nicer.
Second:
Ivies are much harder than publics because of the peer group! It is a huge difference to try to be top-quarter at an ivy when the top quarter are 1560-1570+(test required data), versus 1450-1480+ at top publics. Average publics are lower.

And for all of that hard work required, at least at an ivy the top quarter is almost guaranteed T14 law and the top 5 law schools are within range. At a large public many send one student to a T5 law school every other year and the top ones(UVA, Michigan) send to T5 law only if one is the top 1-3%.

DC has many prelaw friends at their ivy: the norm seems to be T14 law. They personally know several who are headed to T5 law this year or went last year. The T5 law admits total are about 2-3 dozen every year from this ivy. That is one hell of a boost. 
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