If FA wasn't the 800 lb. gorilla..........

[MiamiDAP]

<p>FA was not our priority, acceptance to selective program was. We knew that D. will get Merit $$ and she did at all schools that she has applied (the largest award was from most expensive Private school, that did not accept her to their program that had 15 spots and she decided to go somewhere else, where she is on full tuition Merit $$).</p>

[krug]

<p>ronib321,
She decided on WashU and actually mulled over Brown and Hopkins for a few days. Our position was that it is her decision and we can contribute X amount, the rest will be loans that she will have to pay back in the case of the latter schools. Thankfully she made what we think is the wise decision. She did not get good vibes from Tulane when she visited (a host student that was not a good match, nothing to do with the school).</p>

[diontechristmas]

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Not to sidetrack, but I must correct the misimpression of the poster in #54 above. I said Temple med is in a lousy neighborhood, not that it is in any other way not “good”. I actually am a donor, but that doesn’t change the fact that the street behind the med school has many burned out and derelict buildings, and that I would not want to walk alone there. I have worked in poor urban neighborhoods, but the current state of the area near Temple would be a cause for concern for personal safety to me. (Ripe for urban renewal.) I think Temple turns out good doctors. Not to just beat on Philly, there are med schools in New York that are in some very seriously scary neighborhoods as well.

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<p>That’s fantastic, but I dont see why the comment regarding the area was necessary.</p>