“Did your student end up choosing the Ivy or the full ride?”
He went with the full tuition scholarship school. Did great in college and is now getting his PhD at Caltech.
BOTH he and we were relieved and grateful to NOT have the financial pressure of having to pay for college, since we knew that grad school was always in future. Your parents will appreciate it too!
True story from another CC student who was applying to college at the same time as our Son.
She was accepted at Yale, and also received a fabulous full ride scholarship at Rhodes, which is a very good LAC for premeds. Parents could not afford Yale, so the daughter went to Rhodes, did fabulously , applied to Yale for Med school and was accepted- once again! Finished up her MD there in 2014.
There ARE happy endings for the kids who can land the big Merit scholarships!
The creme always rises to the top!
And YES you should pass up Harvard, for Wash U and save the $$ for med school.