Harvard vs Stanford vs Jefferson Scholarship at UVA

GreatKid
Sat, 23 Apr 2016 14:15:51 +0000

Yes, it is really a matter of how much debt you would be taking on. UVA is a great school and you would receive a fine education there, especially so in the program you have been accepted.
Harvard is an amazing school, but the debt piece has to be weighed very carefully. The immediate gratification of attending where you want to go has to be balanced with good sense and logic. Having no debt entering in to the next stage of your education or your working life is a very significant thing.
Lastly, Harvard is not cut throat and socially inactive. For the most part the students are very gracious and collaborate with one another. This is my perspective from a parent whose daughter is a Sophomore there (Government concentrator). Socially inactive? Not hardly! I just spoke to our daughter a short time ago, she attended a formal last night, she is headed to a Sorority retreat right now, she has a meeting this afternoon for an extra curricular activity she participates in at Harvard, she is attending a party this evening. Tomorrow is Yardfest at Harvard. I was teasing her, asking her if there was any chance she was going to fit any school work in this weekend.
There is no end to the interesting and fun things to do at Harvard.