friend turns down Harvard, Yale for UVA

northwesty
Thu, 30 May 2013 17:15:26 +0000

Totally agree.

This kid got a very rare and competitive (top 1%) and financially outstanding deal as a Jefferson Scholar at UVA. Fit factors aside, it makes total sense to pick this deal at UVA (or, for example, a similar Morehead Scholar deal at UNC) over being one of the crowd at any other school.

“He was invited to UVA to visit as a finalist in the Jefferson Scholars program. This year, UVA selected 31 students to become scholars out of the more than 3,500 who were nominated by their high schools. Jefferson Scholars receive extensive enrichment programs, their tuition is paid for and they are given priority in enrolling in classes.”