Any regrets choosing full tuition scholarship over elite school?

jgirl0828
Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:05:51 +0000

I turned down UNC - Chapel hill to come to Pitt on a full tuition scholarship. At the beginning of the year, I did have a few regrets, but at the moment, I’ve realized how many opportunities I have with the full tuition. Now, my parents are more likely to pay for study abroad because they don’t have to pay for tuition. Not to mention the amount of spending money my parents are willing to give me. I’ve also found that when you put “Full Tuition Scholarship” on your resume when applying for internships or other program that people are more willing to set up an interview because they assume, as they should, that students on scholarships are very studious, reliable, intelligent, etc.
The main advantage of having a scholarship is that I’m not as worried about how I will pay for graduate school. Think about it, if you go to a decent school instead of an Ivy league, you’re more likely to to better in your classes. If you’re more likely to do better in classes, you’ll be able to get into top-knotch grad schools. Let’s face it, now a days, it doesn’t matter where you go to undergrad, it matters where you go to grad school. Just think about that.