Full Ride versus ivy

J_adoube
Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:03:11 +0000

From what I’ve heard, money for non-science PhDs is not so abundant anymore. My concern is that after making the decision to go to the elite school, pay $130k more over four years above State Flagship counting on a better-undergraduate-program-will-mean-a-better postgraduate-program, S will change to a major where there will be few institutional funds to continue his studies. So far it hasn’t happened but it’s only S’s first year. On the other hand, if you save the money now, change major to one with fully funded postgrad, then it’s win-win.