Cornell vs UVA (Debt vs No Debt)

sevmom
Tue, 28 Apr 2015 16:09:18 +0000

“I don’t think laughing at UVa in comparison is appropriate.” Agreed. The average SAT in SEAS these days us 1420 with many above that. SEAS also has good existing programs as well as emerging ones (Technology entrepreneurship for instance). UVa may not be as highly ranked as Cornell but it certainly has no problem placing many of its graduates in good jobs and graduate programs. It may not be for you but I hope you don’t end up feeling superior to your UVa and VT friends. That kind of attitude doesn’t get you far.

And no, monydad, The kid from NY that was denied at UVa but accepted to Cornell was not in one of Cornell’s statutory colleges. He was in an arts and sciences, business type of thing. His parents are both Harvard Law School grads.

Oldfort, You keep saying $60,000 in debt for undergrad should be fine. But you seem to be wealthy so you may be able to provide a cushion. It is unclear if the OP’ s family can or want to provide the loan repayment if it came to that.if the parents were truly wealthy, all of this would probably be a nonissue.(unless they just didn’t want to pay for college at all).