Anonymous
Post 03/29/2024 20:42     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:Major: Business / pre-business
All OOS
Some merit $, finances not a consideration

UGA
UIUC Gies
UC Irvine
UC Davis
Cal Poly SLO
Tulane
SMU Cox
IU Kelley

Unless there’s a goal to work in California specifically, I’d go with IU Kelley. Beautiful, fun campus, highest ranked program on your list, and their career placement is really tough to beat.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2024 20:34     Subject: Re:Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:CMU - grant $37K, has to apply for annual renewal
URochester - scholarship $14K annually
UNC - scholarship $4.7K annually
UVA
W&M

intended major Biology or Chemistry
Prefers mid size, not into sports or greek


Rochester and W&M seem to fit the type of school environment your child seeks. Great options though! W&M a fantastic in-state option for science majors.


Are you serious? CMU with the $37k grant.


CMU unless the 37K grant is very hard to get for the next 3 years.
WM next.


That is part of our concern. We do not know how easy it would get this grant every year and if it would be reduced as income slightly increases.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2024 20:17     Subject: Re:Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Dumb thread, no?


No! This is so much fun! It’s why we are here, to over analyze and distract ourselves.


Agreed! It’s interesting (and hopeful) to see the variety of options and how people decide and weigh various factors. Plus, most of the comments have been relatively positive and helpful. Go DCUM!
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2024 20:16     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:Roanoke
CNU
GMU
VCU
UMW
UNCG

ADHD kid
Info Systems (cyber security) major (*NOT CS*)
financial concerns



GMU. Great proximity to leading cyber security sector. Profs with ties to industry. Wry much a practitioner school with some of the best statistics for upward mobility.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2024 20:16     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:UMD
Mount Holyoke
Kenyon
College of Charleston

All with Merit. SLACs double the cost of publics.[/quote

Take Charleston off the list.


Why


I have several friends whose kids went to Charleston and dropped out. Or came home and did nothing. Obvs it’s beautiful, but you have better options.


I have a family member that went there and transferred after the first year, as did one of their roommates.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2024 20:06     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:UGA
Wisconsin


Business. Neither are direct admit
UGA cheaper.

DC will go visit anyways but always fun to see others opinions.

Also waiting on Michigan but very unlikely and $$$




I posted above-- wanted to add. UGA has no direct admit to business and Wisconsin does (but DC didn't get direct admit) and UGA has 2 chances to apply vs 1 try at Wisconsin. So it's a little more of a gamble. That being said, if they vibe with one much more, it won't matter!


UGA

Wisconsin isn’t particularly known for its business school. Too much competition from other, more prestigious business programs in the upper Midwest.


Thanks. Is UGA known for business or you're saying equal but not as much competition south?
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2024 20:04     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:UMD
Mount Holyoke
Kenyon
College of Charleston

All with Merit. SLACs double the cost of publics.[/quote

Take Charleston off the list.


Why


I have several friends whose kids went to Charleston and dropped out. Or came home and did nothing. Obvs it’s beautiful, but you have better options.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2024 20:01     Subject: Re:Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:Vanderbilt ($6,000/year)
BU
Rochester ($8,000/year)
Villanova
Richmond
Lehigh
UMD ($5,000/year)
UMass
Santa Clara ($21,700/year)

(Engineering undecided) Or Math

Live in New England
Athletic Boy


BU
Sounds like the best fit
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2024 20:00     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:UMD
Mount Holyoke
Kenyon
College of Charleston

All with Merit. SLACs double the cost of publics.[/quote

Take Charleston off the list.


Why
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2024 19:55     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:UMD
Mount Holyoke
Kenyon
College of Charleston

All with Merit. SLACs double the cost of publics.[/quote

Take Charleston off the list.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2024 19:53     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
UMD
Mount Holyoke
Kenyon
College of Charleston

All with Merit. SLACs double the cost of publics.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2024 19:52     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:harvard, yale, or berkeley for chemistry


All great options but I visited the College of Chemistry at Berkeley and it was something else. Just the fact that it has such a rich history and all the elements that were discovered there. The prestige of Harvard and Yale is obviously in a different league but College of Chemsitry at Berkeley is awe inspiring.



Fun fact: the "recipe" for crack cocaine was developed by Berkeley chemistry grad students.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2024 19:51     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:UGA
Wisconsin


Business. Neither are direct admit
UGA cheaper.

DC will go visit anyways but always fun to see others opinions.

Also waiting on Michigan but very unlikely and $$$




I posted above-- wanted to add. UGA has no direct admit to business and Wisconsin does (but DC didn't get direct admit) and UGA has 2 chances to apply vs 1 try at Wisconsin. So it's a little more of a gamble. That being said, if they vibe with one much more, it won't matter!


UGA

Wisconsin isn’t particularly known for its business school. Too much competition from other, more prestigious business programs in the upper Midwest.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2024 19:51     Subject: Re:Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Wisconsin or UMD. (Waitlist at MI but not holding out hope). Biology major. Maryland resident but money not a variable.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2024 19:51     Subject: Re:Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:Dumb thread, no?


No! This is so much fun! It’s why we are here, to over analyze and distract ourselves.