UChicago Financial Aid conundrum

poetgrl
Sun, 27 Mar 2011 08:48:38 +0000

would you consider going to Vanderbilt and doing your best there and then going to UChicago for grad school? I assume if you are the “type” to love Chicago this passionately, you are the type who will go on to Grad school. I mean, by all means, attempt to get the noncustodial waiver and speak to Uchicago about your situation, right up to the point of explaining your package at Vanderbilt. (This can be an influence). But, if you can’t get the package you need for Chicago, perhaps going there for grad school would be a great path. Four years fly by when you are in college. Time, as you know, is relative, and it is nothing like the amount of time it takes to get through high school.

Good luck. I hope you get what you want. But, at the very least, you have a fantastic and free offer at a school you originally thought you wanted to attend.