High end college vs. honors program at state college?

websensation
Thu, 15 Feb 2018 11:36:41 +0000

@Nomorelurker Thanks for your input. I do agree that Univ of South Carolina flaunts the number 1 ranking in IB according to USNWR a little bit too much, but totally understandable, and their IB courses seem to be varied. I have to admit that had it not been for their number 1 ranking in IB, I would not have researched it. In that sense, I guess I AM prestige driven. After all, I wasn’t about to encourage my kid to forego a likely UCLA/Berkeley in state education for any school unless it had something very good to offer in addition to free tuition. Because he was luckily a NMF, I knew he could get a nearly free education at some university, but I only researched several Honors universities which had one of top programs in areas in which my kid was somewhat interested. You should note, however, Admission to Haas Biz School is extremely competitive. At Univ of South Carolina, it was guaranteed. I would have strongly considered an Honors College if my kid had been interested in going to medical school because one or two HCs guaranteed admission to their medical schools as long as you got certain GPA.