Any regrets choosing full tuition scholarship over elite school?

Emi2008
Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:19:49 +0000

Nope! I turned down Columbia, Cornell, Boston U, Northwestern, and a waitlist at Yale. I pretty much agree with all the reasons people posted here. But I will also add that it is SUPER nice to not be in debt to your eyeballs!!! People like to use the excuse that with an Ivy League degree, you can make up all that debt with the money you are making. While that may be true for some majors, it’s not necessarily true.

And in this economy, being in debt is simply awful. Especially if it’s all because you chose to pay a $200,000 more for a degree that can still get you to the same place in life.

Pitt is a great school regardless and it gives you the same opportunities as any other college could, if not more! So far, I have co-oped, done research, and I’ve even been to Canada and that was all before I finished my sophomore year! To be honest, I think I might be worse off at those Ivy schools, so I’m glad I chose Pitt.