<p>Hi all!</p>
<p>I have a dilemma. My parents have offered to pay for either graduate school or undergraduate, but not both. I have the option of going to a not-so-prestigious school’s honors program absolutely free, or I can go to any Ivy and pay full tuition.</p>
<p>Which do you think is better?</p>
<p>I think you should go to the B-School Honors program for free, which may be almost as good as the Ivy’s program. That way, when you apply to a graduate school, maybe then you can attend an Ivy and have your parents save for it. If you’re getting the money now, why not?</p>
<p>Save your money for grad school.</p>
<p>Apply broadly to the Ivies, the free honors program and other schools where you could be guaranteed merit money. Apply EA rather than ED so you will have a chance to compare packages. Let everything come in compare packages and then make a decision.</p>
<p>There is more than one route to grad business school. </p>
<p>Any top business school grad (Harvard, Wharton, Columbia, Tuck, Stern, etc.) program is going to require a couple of years of work experience. </p>
<p>Also keep in mind that if you work for a large corporation, they may end up paying for B-school as part of their employee benefit package (this may mean going to work in the day and school at night).</p>
<p>Sybbie is right…</p>
<p>apply to a few ivies (you may get rejected…no guarantees there)</p>
<p>apply to a few good schools with huge merit scholarships, good B-schools, and honors programs…and visit some!!!</p>
<p>In the end, you may find that the free program will give you opportunities that you never realized were possible.</p>