Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Both great ioptins but I’d do Stanford. Kid can work summers and at school and get at least half way there. A degree that stays with you

The price difference is $240,000. Why are so many on this thread so bad at math?

Because Stanford is unique

It sounds like a miserable place to go to school these days. The 90s are a long time ago. That's when when it was a fun school for nerds. It's what made its reputation. But these days it's DEI central. But it still has its old cachet as a place for creative, unconventional, bright kids willing to break the rules. Contemporary reality is very different. But it's still a pedigree degree. And employers will pay for that. A Stanford degree will definitely opens doors that an Emory degree will nott.

Is it worth $240,000 and four years of loneliness and feeling like you're always walking on eggshells? It depends. For certain kids it will more than pay off. Suck it up and cash out. For others, totally not worth it, particularly when there's a nice package at Emory - a very good school - and there are other siblings to think about.

If I were in OPs shoes I'd think - Is my kid a shark? If yes, go to Stanford. If no, go to Emory.

Emory. Stanford budget (tuition/room and board/fees) is actually $87,833 plus $750 for freshman next year, and it will increase by $3-5k a year while he's there. It will be over $90k his sophomore year. None of that includes travel expenses.

BTW, I looked it up because my kid's private school was $85k this year, so I figured Stanford was more than $80k.

https://financialaid.stanford.edu/undergrad/budget/index.html

Anonymous wrote:People are desperate to maintain that ivyplus mystique. It's not working.

She’s not asking about an “Ivy Plus.” She’s asking about Stanford.

I’d rather have my kid do Stanford undergrad than law school anywhere.

Anonymous wrote:Both great ioptins but I’d do Stanford. Kid can work summers and at school and get at least half way there. A degree that stays with you

The price difference is $240,000. Why are so many on this thread so bad at math?

People are desperate to maintain that ivyplus mystique. It's not working.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The truth is that your kid just may never get into a great law school, or will completely abandon the idea of grad/professional school. Who knows?

But Stanford is right there.

This! My kid is at Harvard with partial financial aid, but got a full scholarship at another non-Ivy but prestigious college. It kills me every time I pay tuition for Harvard, thinking that college could have been completely free, but my child is thriving there and making the kind of connections I could only arvaream of at such at young age. Law school may or may not be an option down the line, but for the here and now, paying the price for my child's dream school is worth it.

Outcome
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/

Boston College: $93,021
Harvard: $84,918

So much for the connections

Let them hate and watch the money pile up.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The truth is that your kid just may never get into a great law school, or will completely abandon the idea of grad/professional school. Who knows?

But Stanford is right there.

This! My kid is at Harvard with partial financial aid, but got a full scholarship at another non-Ivy but prestigious college. It kills me every time I pay tuition for Harvard, thinking that college could have been completely free, but my child is thriving there and making the kind of connections I could only arvaream of at such at young age. Law school may or may not be an option down the line, but for the here and now, paying the price for my child's dream school is worth it.

Outcome
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/

Boston College: $93,021
Harvard: $84,918

So much for the connections

Anonymous wrote:The truth is that your kid just may never get into a great law school, or will completely abandon the idea of grad/professional school. Who knows?

But Stanford is right there.

This! My kid is at Harvard with partial financial aid, but got a full scholarship at another non-Ivy but prestigious college. It kills me every time I pay tuition for Harvard, thinking that college could have been completely free, but my child is thriving there and making the kind of connections I could only dream of at such at young age. Law school may or may not be an option down the line, but for the here and now, paying the price for my child's dream school is worth it.

Emory

Anonymous wrote:Stanford, no brainer.

Only if your parent is bill gates or elon musk!

Stanford, no brainer.

Anonymous wrote:Go to Emery for undergrad and Stanford for grad.

Who knows if he gets into Stanford grad?

Go to Emery for undergrad and Stanford for grad.

Anonymous wrote:People on here are ridiculous. Emory for sure. Stanford undergrad is pretty overrated unless you want CS - their alumni out of undergrad are not that notable. The vast majority of their big name alumni are from their grad schools. Save the money and if your son really likes Stanford have him consider it for a masters.

This is a fair point, paying the extra for Stanford econ might not even make a difference. The gap between Stanford econ and Emory business is not massive, especially if the kid’s goal is just to work right out of undergrad