Anonymous wrote:My DC didn't apply to Wisconsin but chose Michigan OOS over Wash U. Did an overnight at Wash U and was not sold. But that's very kid specific, we know other kids who like it there.

I loved it there, but would not have gone if they hadn't given me a large scholarship.

I would think about what the money means to my family and only pick Wash U if I could make the same choice for the other kids and still prep for my own retirement.

Anonymous wrote:If US News didn't exist few would know WashU existed.

elitist, narrow-minded snob, you are.

My DC didn't apply to Wisconsin but chose Michigan OOS over Wash U. Did an overnight at Wash U and was not sold. But that's very kid specific, we know other kids who like it there.

If US News didn't exist few would know WashU existed.

Anonymous wrote:Probably Wisconsin, although I REALLY do not understand why people allow their children to apply to expensive private schools that they have no intention of paying for should the kid get in.

WUSTL does give merit aid they likely were waiting to see if she'd get any. I would probably pay for WUSTL at $45K/year (so about $20K/year merit aid) but not $65K/year especially if with the alternative was paying $25K/year for a school as highly esteemed as Wisconsin.

Maybe they weren’t sure she’d get into Madison. Or thought she’d get merit aid as WUSTL. What people are willing to spend may depend on what their alternatives are.

WUSTL gives significant merit aid to students it wants, regardless of financial need.

If the student thinks he/she may want a smaller school and wants to be in the Midwest it's a fine place to apply.

But if you don't get merit aid and can go to a great state school like Wisconsin, you should.

Probably Wisconsin, although I REALLY do not understand why people allow their children to apply to expensive private schools that they have no intention of paying for should the kid get in.

Anonymous wrote:They both start with W?

Not enough information to say anything meaningful.

A conversation I was having with my relatives from Wisconsin last night Their daughter got accepted to both and their thought was...WUSTL is a fine school and all but we are not paying $45K/year more for it (they could afford it but it would be a stretch). So she ended up at Wisconsin. Made me wonder what I'd do in that situation.

No contest for me: Wisconsin (and that was true even OOS).

Wash U is three times the cost of Wisconsin in state

We need more info, but just on the title: Wisconsin will save you a boat load of money and is one of the country’s top public schools. I’d go with that.

They both start with W?

Not enough information to say anything meaningful.

Discuss.