UAlabama has terrible career prospects. 39k average starting salary…
Interesting, because my son earns more than double that - and just graduated.
Please learn about life - and what causes certain things - before making statements.
Your major, your field, your location where you live - will determine your income. Depending on where you work, that’s all that will matter - my kid makes the same as the Purdue and Michigan engineering grads…as does the Western Michigan and Akron grads.
I’m not telling you to go to Alabama.
You might get into Yale but what if you can’t afford it? Or others?
You should read the messages again. That’s what people are talking about - if you don’t have financial safeties, then you have nothing. Have you run the NPC at the top 20 schools you are focused on? Getting in is only half the battle. At $165K income, you may or may not find enough tuition support.
You want a full ride - then apply to W&L for the Johnson, SMU for the Presidential and other full rides - but they’re likely beneath you. What can I say? Beggars can’t be choosers.
There’s lots of info on budget schools in the messages above - in the case that when you apply, you need them.
There’s a lot of inexpensive, fine schools out there that buy kids on stats - which is good for you because you have them. And please don’t denigrate the many fine students who attend these schools.
Be humble.
Be appreciative for what you have (free tuition at a top school today) and what you will get. You need the schools offering significant aid more than they need you.
Good luck.
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Not how it works.
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The Fordham NMF full ride award is not guaranteed for all. It is competitive, and maybe you will get it…and maybe you won’t. If you do…that’s terrific.
If you do not…what would be your plan B if you don’t get accepted to the tippy top schools that your parents seem to feel are the only ones for you?
Please talk to your prep school college counselor…they have a good sense of admissions from your school…and also will have suggestions for other colleges.
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I think you might need to research by majors. You mentioned things like CS/Econ or CS/math. With computer science…you can actually have quite good earnings graduating from almost anywhere. While you’re in college, your internships, and course outcomes will be what determines your future. Let’s just say…do well, and you can do well in computer science related fields anywhere.
My guess…and I’m guessing…the $39,000 number you quoted is for ALL majors. Not just CS and related fields where incomes tend to be higher anyway.
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And adding…
You are currently a strong student…great grades and your ACT and SAT are both terrific. You attend a prep school which likely has decent rigor, and is known to the colleges of interest to you.
As you know…except for Fordham, NJIT and RPI, the rest of your list is very top heavy. But as a great student…go for it, assuming your grades continue to be terrific!
Also, I’m not a big believer in rankings, but Yale is not a T20 school for your majors. You need to look at a wider range of schools.
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I’m considering CMU ED for Information Systems, actually.
If you want IS, then add Arizona which has historically been near the top of the field and Minnesota, also top ranked. Indiana for the name that will satisfy your family - b school high ranked.
Yes these schools rank higher than Ivy in IS.
The OP says they would prefer to stay in the northeast…so…places like Indiana, Arizona, Minnesota, Alabama…are not in the northeast.
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Well OP wants rank and some of these schools will be much more affordable….especially at the family income.
Of course initially IP wasn’t focused on IS.
You seem to follow the same line of thinking…
I seem to remember seeing a post from you on reddit calling U of Tulsa a “terrible school” for no particular reason, it seemed
This is the poorest citation/analysis of statistics that I’ve seen in a long time.
Salaries are NOT determined by the college you graduated from. I know kids who majored in sports management from the “top ranked” programs in that field and yes- they earn in the 30’s as “promotions manager” for a minor league ball team, or even in the 20’s as a starting salary working as a trainer for a gym. And kids who graduated from colleges you’ve never heard of with degrees in actuarial science or applied math who start at six figure salaries.
Starting salaries in Boston will be higher- across the board- than starting salaries in Oklahoma City. But you won’t be able to buy a house in greater Boston for at least ten years or so-- with aggressive saving, while you’ll be able to buy a house in OKC in five years or so, with much less painful thrift.
If you’re going to cite statistics, understand the datapoints behind them before you draw conclusions. Remember- If I’m in the same room as Jeff Bezos, the “average” net worth between the two of us is in the several billions. And believe me- I am not worth billions!!
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