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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThank you! Mine is looking at Amherst & Wesleyan thus far and wants to check out a few more. We are from out of the NESCAC states so are looking for as much insight as we can get. We need to take a trip out and visit a bunch of them to get a better idea. We would have to take out some loans but she would be getting a practical, hopefully employable degree! We are also looking at other options but when you’re in the donut hole of not wealthy but make too much for need based aid, the schools that give merit aid don’t make it all that much more affordable. 80-100k in loans over 4 years might be doable for the right school. Keeping options open.
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Expensive private schools with lesser brands than Amherst, etc are feeling the crunch of fewer willing and/or able to pay 50-70k plus per year to attend college.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostExpensive private schools with lesser brands than Amherst, etc are feeling the crunch of fewer willing and/or able to pay 50-70k plus per year to attend college.
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What are the best schools for good but not unicorn players that offer generous athletic and or merit aid for the donut hole female player?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostWhat are the best schools for good but not unicorn players that offer generous athletic and or merit aid for the donut hole female player?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostGood example......not!
Fairfield costs 66K a year. You want to compare a degree from Williams in econ to a FU business degree. You are probably hiring temps for a Fortune 100 company
So you take Colby and Trinity vs say Williams and Amherst for your comparison?
Why are you pushing kids to grad school? Biggest waste for 75% of grad school graduates. My favorite is when I see an accounting major go get a masters in accounting from Bridgeport. He could have went to a Big 4 for two years, made some nice cash and learned more about accounting then he did at Bridgeport while having to pay for it
Listen, there are plenty of very good D3 schools with grad school placement stats and earnings similar to NESCACs that DO offer merit $. Our D was admitted to a couple of NESCACs, Wellesley, Lafayette and Lehigh with NO aid offers (we don't qualify for need). When comparing these to some others that offered $25-$28k in merit/yr, it was really no contest.
If you get past the name, really dig into the stats and apply them to your own situation, you'll find there is little difference among the top schools.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View Post"could have went"....I think that says it all.
Listen, there are plenty of very good D3 schools with grad school placement stats and earnings similar to NESCACs that DO offer merit $. Our D was admitted to a couple of NESCACs, Wellesley, Lafayette and Lehigh with NO aid offers (we don't qualify for need). When comparing these to some others that offered $25-$28k in merit/yr, it was really no contest.
If you get past the name, really dig into the stats and apply them to your own situation, you'll find there is little difference among the top schools.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostSeveral also have even higher awards that their top applicants compete for: they're invited for a weekend of competition, inteviews, spend more time in campus. I know 2 kids who won such grants of $40K and $45K a year, all 4 years. It also puts them into more prestigious honors programs and special "presidential " programs like one with a trip to D.C. to meet with members of Congress, or another that went to China for 2 weeks and the family only had to pay for airfare. Putting that on your resume vs graduating from "maybe " slightly more prestigious school but a ton of debt? Come on. There's no contest.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostExactly what I took from his post!
Beautiful schools in great settings with strong academics. No one debates that.
Some of the people that attend make sacrifices like giving up their second golf membership. These are not middle class schools
Hard to justify a return on taking out mounds of debt to attend.
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You all really think Williams or Trinity are head and shoulders above a school like Fairfield U. Nationally those tiny liberal arts schools do not have a ton of pull. Yes they probably have lots of rich local alumni because that is their demographic. But outside of the northeast many people don’t know a heck of a lot about those schools. And certainly don’t respect them any more than fairfield u. And that isn’t even a knock on those schools. They are solid private schools. But not ivy level in quality or reputation.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostYou all really think Williams or Trinity are head and shoulders above a school like Fairfield U. Nationally those tiny liberal arts schools do not have a ton of pull. Yes they probably have lots of rich local alumni because that is their demographic. But outside of the northeast many people don’t know a heck of a lot about those schools. And certainly don’t respect them any more than fairfield u. And that isn’t even a knock on those schools. They are solid private schools. But not ivy level in quality or reputation.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostYou are saying nationally that FU had tons of pull? Hahaha ..... FU is the knockoff with a high price tag trying to mimic the brand names. Trinity is a better school, but Williams is a way better school with far more recognition all over the US. And most of the last 5 years or more they would beat FU in soccer 9 times out of 10. Glad your kid got into Fairfield but it is not much more than a mediocre regional school with a high sticker price because if it's location.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostFunny, when you take a look at the WSJ rankings, the FU alums make more than the Williams alums. Go figure. Also, more FU students find their school inspiring and worth the cost.
The salary thing is BS. Lots of Williams go onto grad school while FU has business and nursing which puts kids into decent paying jobs right away. That inflates the salary figures.
Williams kid likely have better earning power 10 years out
Just being honest
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