Anonymous
Post 03/30/2024 15:56     Subject: Re:Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Fordham
American
Bucknell
F&M
JMU

Cost doesn’t impact decision


Interesting variety of options. Congrats. What major or general field of study?


Thanks. IR and business (minor only at Bucknell because didn’t apply for business school). In at Gabelli at Fordham


If they are attractive and want to work in banking/finance - bucknell (the network is strong)

If they want to do dc type ir jobs - American



Anonymous
Post 03/30/2024 15:44     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:CNU
Lynchburg
Bryn Mawr
Gettysburg
Ursinus

Full Pay. But, with the scholarships/merit received they'd all be about $20-30K range.
Pre-health (dental, PT, or advanced nursing). They don't all have nursing, however, that is not the decided path. If that is the decision, could do an accelerated path after grad. We have a 520 that could cover the 4 years at these prices, and likely the accelerated program, as well.

Did NOT want a big school. Already decided against a T15 school that was a reach but made accepted. Too expensive, far away, and not the right fit after visiting and doing full tour. I thought DC was crazy but it's their decision and >$80K/year I get it.


Gettysburg


Bryn Mawr is far and away the most intellectual and rigorous school on this list. Attending Bryn Mawr is an incredible opportunity and not one that should be passed up.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2024 15:03     Subject: Re:Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Fordham
American
Bucknell
F&M
JMU

Cost doesn’t impact decision


Interesting variety of options. Congrats. What major or general field of study?


Thanks. IR and business (minor only at Bucknell because didn’t apply for business school). In at Gabelli at Fordham
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2024 15:00     Subject: Re:Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:For a mechanical engineering major which school would you select.

UMD Honors (instate tuition and great engineering program, but not a great social fit at all)

Princeton (generous aid, Ivy, loves the campus, and residential housing, it's okay as far as social fit)

Northwestern (likes the campus, school culture, great social fit, and engineering program, but hates the weather)

Rice (the best social fit, loves the school culture, and student is a native Houstonian, but the engineering program is not the strongest out of the group)



Mechanical engineering at Princeton and Northwestern is not significantly better than Rice. It's a hard major no matter where you go to school. Among those options, I would choose Rice if that's where they vibe with.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2024 14:54     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:Cornell
Williams
Rice
UCLA
Cal

Math/Applied math
No financial considerations


Williams or Rice!
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2024 14:54     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We are super lucky but no clue how to pick. Admitted to Yale, Princeton, and Duke. Undecided major. Any advice is appreciated.


Need to visit - I know a few kids, including my own, who thought they preferred one school over the other and after visiting they thought the opposite.


For personality types:

Princeton if your DC is super, super self-assured, self-structured “straight and narrow” type. Not great for ND. Conservative

Duke good for athletes and Greek scene. Preppy

Yale of course has the above, but also a much, much larger mix of straight-up weirdos, which to me is a good thing.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2024 14:48     Subject: Re:Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:Fordham
American
Bucknell
F&M
JMU

Cost doesn’t impact decision


Interesting variety of options. Congrats. What major or general field of study?
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2024 14:45     Subject: Re:Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Fordham
American
Bucknell
F&M
JMU

Cost doesn’t impact decision
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2024 14:45     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:We are super lucky but no clue how to pick. Admitted to Yale, Princeton, and Duke. Undecided major. Any advice is appreciated.


Need to visit - I know a few kids, including my own, who thought they preferred one school over the other and after visiting they thought the opposite.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2024 14:42     Subject: Re:Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:W&M
Indiana Kelly School of Business
CMU
UMichigan
NYU

Interested in business. Kid would be interested in UMich but we prefer CMU over UMich because of distance from home

Finances not an issue


For business, Ross is the way to go. Ann Arbor is only an 8 hour drive, fairly short flight from the area. What school does your kid want to attend? That should be more important than your preference for distance.

Would go with NYU Stern here. Because NYC.


But you’re not 18 and have parents that seem to be panicked about distances.

My parents have no such panic.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2024 14:41     Subject: Re:Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:For a mechanical engineering major which school would you select.

UMD Honors (instate tuition and great engineering program, but not a great social fit at all)

Princeton (generous aid, Ivy, loves the campus, and residential housing, it's okay as far as social fit)

Northwestern (likes the campus, school culture, great social fit, and engineering program, but hates the weather)

Rice (the best social fit, loves the school culture, and student is a native Houstonian, but the engineering program is not the strongest out of the group)


Rice is good enough considering it sounds like your DC would be much happier there. Don't discount that, especially when their academics are already so challenging, you don't want to pile other challenges on top of that.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2024 14:36     Subject: Re:Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:W&M
Indiana Kelly School of Business
CMU
UMichigan
NYU

Interested in business. Kid would be interested in UMich but we prefer CMU over UMich because of distance from home

Finances not an issue


For business, Ross is the way to go. Ann Arbor is only an 8 hour drive, fairly short flight from the area. What school does your kid want to attend? That should be more important than your preference for distance.

Would go with NYU Stern here. Because NYC.


But you’re not 18 and have parents that seem to be panicked about distances.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2024 14:32     Subject: Re:Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:W&M
Indiana Kelly School of Business
CMU
UMichigan
NYU

Interested in business. Kid would be interested in UMich but we prefer CMU over UMich because of distance from home

Finances not an issue


For business, Ross is the way to go. Ann Arbor is only an 8 hour drive, fairly short flight from the area. What school does your kid want to attend? That should be more important than your preference for distance.

Would go with NYU Stern here. Because NYC.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2024 14:31     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Tufts w/ financial aid
UVA out of state
UMD honors college, in-state plus merit
Pitt w/ merit

Interested in both theatre and neuroscience. Finances not a consideration


Tufts seems like the best school but I probably have a NE bias

Agree Tufts is better for these interests.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2024 14:28     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:Tufts w/ financial aid
UVA out of state
UMD honors college, in-state plus merit
Pitt w/ merit

Interested in both theatre and neuroscience. Finances not a consideration


Tufts seems like the best school but I probably have a NE bias