Wash U vs. Yale

purpledst
Tue, 12 Apr 2016 14:45:01 +0000

BOTH schools have impeccable reputations, however it’s important to look beyond undergrad: you are going to still need a graduate school degree and taking on undergrad loans (basically a home mortgage) plus grad school loans (which are increasingly more difficult to get paid for now) to just have an IVY name is not a great financial decision when you have a full tuition scholarship in your hand from a top 15 school.
I think you are greatly underestimating the reputation of what a WashUSTL degree is worth… In addition, you will be a number at Yale, while you would get additional mentoring and support that comes along with the full scholarship at WashU (being a name vs a number is a huge advantage when it comes to internships, recommendations from professors, etc)…
Best of luck in your decision and congrats on having such phenomenal choices as they are representative of the hard work you’ve already put into high school!