Furman was the best decision I’ve ever made. Unlike my roommates, I wasn’t valedictorian of my high school class. I found Furman a challenge, and I didn’t even take things like Chemistry. One thing I’ve found over the years is that most people pay way too much attention to stats like acceptance rates. All the people I know who wanted to go to grad schools were able to. I’m just thinking this as I write it, but check this out. I had 2 roommates who went to law school, one was U of FL, one was Vanderbilt. By the way, the Florida guy was accepted by UNC and Harvard, but he and his sister, brother, and dad all went to FL Law. Ok, my other 2 roommates…one went to Med College of GA, and had his pick of fields, so he became a very successful Ophthalmologist. As far as $$ is concerned, the last one got a NSF grant and went to GA Tech. He stopped after his Masters and ended up at Amazon.com, taking stock options in lieu of a larger salary. You can guess the rest, but I’ll just say he retired at 38 years old when he was only 3/5 vested. I’ve done pretty well myself in business, and live on a lake. Here’s the best part though, those guys are my best friends to this day, and we met at Furman. I think this story is close to the norm at Furman. Stats just don’t tell the whole story. I don’t know if maybe a lot of students just don’t apply unless they think they can get in or what the explanation is for the acceptance rate, but I wouldn’t trade the Furman experience for anything. You won’t think about these stats another time once you start college. Make your decision based on the experience of others, and not just on acceptance rates. All the best…
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