Full Ride versus ivy

momreads
Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:01:15 +0000

Take the full ride to Maryland. You can always tell everyone that you got into Penn.

My son is taking a National Merit scholarship (tuition, honors housing, stipend, study abroad/research stipend and laptop) at Alabama. He is turning down some outstanding schools, including Washington U. and William & Mary. Money played a big role in the decision, but he is also looking at graduating with little or no debt. Even his friends told him he would be crazy to turn down such an offer – and many are going into debt to attend school.

Go Terps!