Lehigh vs. U. of Delaware Honors

K9Leader
Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:54:52 +0000

My D is facing same decision but with somewhat different numbers. We are in-state at Delaware and she was offered $10k in scholarship money and Honors program. She was offered $10K at Lehigh as well. So our decision is between UD at about $7K/year vs. Lehigh at $40K/year. Bucknell offered no scholarship money, so it would be $50K/year. She also has a big scholarship at U of Arizona, which would bring its cost down to the $6-7K range. Still waiting to hear from one more, but it doesn’t really have the right program for her and would be about $39-40K/year (but it is otherwise a great school and she loves it - her brother is there and her mother and I went there).

The real problem is that Delaware is a small state, we live only 10 minutes from campus, and UD is “too close” and “too familiar.” She does seem to be warming to the idea, though. Saving $180,000 over four years does have a certain attraction.

The next few weeks are going to be tense.