Has your Finalist chosen a college yet, before regular decision results?

taben1112
Tue, 04 Mar 2014 22:25:46 +0000

Our child has a good friend who accepted a full-ride offer from a school she was ‘okay’ with, and turned away from another she absolutely loved that offered very little money. The result is that she now loves the school she attends and has had amply opportunities academically and freedom financially (to study abroad, travel with friends on breaks, etc.). She will graduate totally debt free and her middle class parents have been able to help her do many things (the travels, providing spending money so that she has time for a double major as she has no work study, etc.) to add to her experience. Had she hated the full-ride school they would not have given it a second look. But she was ‘okay’ with it and they simply asked her to consider it (but left the choice to her). She thought it over and decided many of the things she loved about her original first choice were also offered at her lesser known full-ride school. The location was the big draw back (did not like the city the full ride is in), but she took the chance and went. In that case, it worked out very, very well for all involved. So, @kleelek, it is not a bad idea to introduce the NMF full ride schools to your son one last time. If in the end he settles on Pitt, fine. But there is no harm in making sure he really considers all angles of his choice.