UGA Honors v. Oxford/Emory

BooBooBear
Wed, 07 Mar 2018 22:19:33 +0000

Another thing to consider is what the $20k/year difference could pay for. This is part of the calculus for our kids—we have a budget that will pay for all four years at an expensive school, but if they spend less than that, the savings could be used not just for graduate study but also to fund summer and study abroad programs.

If you save $20k each year by choosing UGA honors, then that savings could fund a summer at the Middlebury language school (appx $10k for 9 credits, all inclusive), the living expenses of an unpaid internship in a major city, the unpaid research opportunity during summers, or a summer program to explore an interest at a foreign university. If your child chooses to exhaust the budget solely for tuition and living expenses in the fall/spring semesters at Emory, presumably summers will need to be funded by getting a job or else by additional scholarships.