Villanova's Prestige

sashaofficial
Wed, 22 Apr 2015 04:42:07 +0000

Alumni network, overall experience, professors at the top of their field doing cutting edge research.

That is what you are paying for at Villanova. Yes the acceptance rate is high (and why are you listening to your friends in the ivies? of course they will tell you it is overpriced and not as good because they are at the most pretentious schools in the nation) but that does not mean the education is not superb. A Villanova education is still highly regarded in the general public, and especially if you want to go on to grad school, it is a great option.

However, if graduating debt-free is the most important thing to you, I think the decision is obvious. My two best friends grappled this problem last year- one decided she loved Nova (especially the professors in the business school) and was willing to take on the debt. The other wanted to have no debt and is now at SUNY Binghampton (assuming that you’re from NY, you know that this is the “Harvard of the SUNY system”)- both got competitive internships in NY for the summer (Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo maybe? Can’t remember exactly).