Ivy undergrad education worth debt?

JW_Muller
Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:01:46 +0000

If you are accepted to Yale, you should matriculate and attend Freshman year even if you are unsure you can afford all four years. I’m serious. The first year debt won’t kill you. If you find from actual experience it isn’t worth it, then transfer to a lesser and cheaper school. It will be a lot easier to transfer from Yale than to transfer in, and at your new school you can sport all your Yale t-shirts, and sigh about how much better it was back in New Haven. I’d think that if you can make good your threat to leave after Freshman year due to financial reasons, Yale might bump up your FA package if only to avoid lowering their retention and 4-year graduation stats.