Anonymous wrote:Vanderbilt is an excellent school.

Sure but not really on par with the ivies and ivy-equivalents (Stanford, MIT, Caltech, Chicago, Duke). Not quite on par with even Hopkins or NU.

Depends on whether the extra cost of attending one of the ivies or ivy-equivalents on your list would make a big difference in your family budget and your grad school plans, if any. Do you expect any need-based aid from the ivies et. al?

I would have a hard time turning down Harvard, Princeton, Columbia , Duke or Chicago for either Vandy or UVa, unless the extra cost was too much and would impact my budget substantially. In other words i wouldn't choose those two over the elites just to save money if i didn't actually need to save that money. Might consider full-ride at Vandy over Hopkins though.

Between Vandy and UVa, I think you should just choose based on fit and cost. The schools are not that different in terms of prestige and quality. Given that Vandy is full ride i would go with that over UVA.

Vanderbilt is an excellent school.

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Anonymous wrote:Be careful, OP. I'm guessing that some schools may know about this site and can connect the dots to figure out who you are.

And do.. what?

It's not unheard for a school to rescind an offer.

For what? Asking advice on which school he should go to?

I'm sorry, but LOL.

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Anonymous wrote:Full tuition at vandy beats in state at uva, in my book. And I say that as a uva grad.

They probably have similar cultures (Greek, southern, preppy/Jcrew feel). Uva is a better school academically but not against free Vanderbilt.

Why would you say UVA > Vandy academically?

NP--I'm surprised by this statement too. Vanderbilt has really come up in the rankings over the last couple of decades, and I would have assumed it's generally considered more prestigious than UVA.

#14 (Vandy) vs. #25 (UVA)

This isn’t a real big difference for those who care about this. You should care about the department more tha. This. Also, if the scholarship requires you to keep a certain GPA. Other than that, go with your gut.

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Anonymous wrote:Be careful, OP. I'm guessing that some schools may know about this site and can connect the dots to figure out who you are.

And do.. what?

It's not unheard for a school to rescind an offer.

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sparky wrote:I got in UVA Echols and Vanderbilt full tuition. Which should I choose? I'm still waiting on Duke, JHU, Chicago, Columbia, Harvard and Princeton. I wonder if I get into any I listed before, is it worth going to Vandy over it??

A big part of the puzzle is whether you are a Virginia resident and what your family's financial situation is like and what you intend to study. If your folks are loaded and $73k per year isn't a big deal, then maybe Vanderbilt. If you are in-state and your $73k a year is tough on your family (and say you have siblings planning to go to college as well), then UVA Echols makes a whole lot of sense as a value proposition.

What in the world are you talking about?

Anonymous wrote:Be careful, OP. I'm guessing that some schools may know about this site and can connect the dots to figure out who you are.

And do.. what?

Vanderbilt. I don't see how this is a question.

Be careful, OP. I'm guessing that some schools may know about this site and can connect the dots to figure out who you are.

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sparky wrote:I got in UVA Echols and Vanderbilt full tuition. Which should I choose? I'm still waiting on Duke, JHU, Chicago, Columbia, Harvard and Princeton. I wonder if I get into any I listed before, is it worth going to Vandy over it??

A big part of the puzzle is whether you are a Virginia resident and what your family's financial situation is like and what you intend to study. If your folks are loaded and $73k per year isn't a big deal, then maybe Vanderbilt. If you are in-state and your $73k a year is tough on your family (and say you have siblings planning to go to college as well), then UVA Echols makes a whole lot of sense as a value proposition.

It's.in.the.first.sentence. Holy cow.

What is? In-state? No. The OP says they got into UVA Echols - that could be instate or OOS and Echols doesn't come with any money. So if instate, UVA would be $32 a year.
OOS would be about $65K or equivalent to Vandy. Full tuition at Vanderbilt means only that = tuition, not room and board, travel and other expenses. "Full ride" means everything. "full tuition" means tuition only.

Yes, full tuition is $44K/year so that'd come out to be about $22K for Vandy. What on Earth does $73K have to do with anything?

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sparky wrote:I got in UVA Echols and Vanderbilt full tuition. Which should I choose? I'm still waiting on Duke, JHU, Chicago, Columbia, Harvard and Princeton. I wonder if I get into any I listed before, is it worth going to Vandy over it??

A big part of the puzzle is whether you are a Virginia resident and what your family's financial situation is like and what you intend to study. If your folks are loaded and $73k per year isn't a big deal, then maybe Vanderbilt. If you are in-state and your $73k a year is tough on your family (and say you have siblings planning to go to college as well), then UVA Echols makes a whole lot of sense as a value proposition.

It's.in.the.first.sentence. Holy cow.

What is? In-state? No. The OP says they got into UVA Echols - that could be instate or OOS and Echols doesn't come with any money. So if instate, UVA would be $32 a year.
OOS would be about $65K or equivalent to Vandy. Full tuition at Vanderbilt means only that = tuition, not room and board, travel and other expenses. "Full ride" means everything. "full tuition" means tuition only.

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sparky wrote:I got in UVA Echols and Vanderbilt full tuition. Which should I choose? I'm still waiting on Duke, JHU, Chicago, Columbia, Harvard and Princeton. I wonder if I get into any I listed before, is it worth going to Vandy over it??

A big part of the puzzle is whether you are a Virginia resident and what your family's financial situation is like and what you intend to study. If your folks are loaded and $73k per year isn't a big deal, then maybe Vanderbilt. If you are in-state and your $73k a year is tough on your family (and say you have siblings planning to go to college as well), then UVA Echols makes a whole lot of sense as a value proposition.

It's.in.the.first.sentence. Holy cow.

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Anonymous wrote:Full tuition at vandy beats in state at uva, in my book. And I say that as a uva grad.

They probably have similar cultures (Greek, southern, preppy/Jcrew feel). Uva is a better school academically but not against free Vanderbilt.

Why would you say UVA > Vandy academically?

NP--I'm surprised by this statement too. Vanderbilt has really come up in the rankings over the last couple of decades, and I would have assumed it's generally considered more prestigious than UVA.

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Anonymous wrote:In this instance, Vanderbilt over anything but the Ivies you mentioned. Not a tough call.

not even Chicago?

Not with full tuition. Two completely different schools, culturally, though. Does fit matter?