Posted on 05/20/2015 4:47:37 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Whatever the merits of his decision, it certainly was NOT based on funds.
All Ivy League schools have scholarship money out the wazoo.
But they don’t necessarily give it out. Few if any full boat scholarships at the Ivys.
Yet Yale’s and Harvard’s endowments have reached critical mass where they can cover tuition at current enrollment levels.
No one - but no one - declines an Ivy League school for lack of cash.
Not Harvard or Yale, anyway, and probably not many of the others.
But do they hand it out they billons of dollars just sitting there collecting interest.
Wonder what percentage they truly give out I would bet that it is small.
“Nelson also rejected offers from Stanford, Johns Hopkins, New York University, Vanderbilt, and Washington University in St. Louis.
He decided to pass on these big names ... “
You gotta be kidding. New York University a big name? That place is loaded with retards where no one fails a single class or semester (as long as you pay the tuition). The place is less than a community college.
Dunno. I never worked in a campus financial aid office.
On the other hand, I’ve had friends who’ve gotten fairly lavish (by student standards) free rides right through Ph.D.
So why waste the application fee money and apply in the first place?
Roll Tide...Rejecting the Ivies for Bama? Smart....Ivies are overrated, just look at Obama or Hillary...
As I see it, there are certain professions that are greatly advantaged by attending the ‘Ivies’, but there are a lot of other career paths that are not advantaged. In the Legal/Government majors, there is no doubt that graduating from one of these schools is a major boost for ones entire life. Just look at the current Supreme Court and the major political figures.
Equally, careers in Academia, Journalism, NGO and Non-Profits are also greatly influenced by these embossed sheepskins. However, in all of the above there is also the influence of the post-graduate ‘fellowship’ networks that make opening the doors to hiring and promotion easier.
All of this being said and acknowledged, I personally regard this system as incestuous and corrupt in that by prestige and ideology the Ivies, by and large, graduate indoctrinated ideologues with an enhanced sense of entitlements and a skewed view of patriotism and obligations.
They have become a de facto overclass that bodes ill for the future based upon the last several decades.
Another article from a few days ago of anyone is interested in the comments thereon:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3290872/posts
Student Who Got In to Eight Ivy League Schools Picks Alabama Instead ^
You don’t make money by giving away your interest.
Why spend “their own money” to cover tuition when they can rely on incoming student loans?
Sure they do. Over and over. Knew a local kid who declined a prestigious school because at half tuition her part would have been 30K plus living expenses in one of the most expensive cities in the world.
Where the ivy's (and other big names) make their reputation is through graduate school. There IS a big difference between Cooley Law School and Yale Law School.
Harvard/Yale?
Sounds like Columbia or Penn - not nearly so generous.
i turned down a full academic and athletic scholarships to princeton and was also accepted yale (who wrote to ask which school i was going to so they could offer the opening to someone else if i ws not going) brown and cornell and went to USNA..... i often thought about it while i was ashore in viet nam... at that time they didnt offer degrees in economics or finance or have girls on campus... it was afterwards they lowered the bar and let em in. I lost 10% of my classmates in viet nam....... So it especially perturbs and enrages me to watch the TRAITOR in the WH.
Does that make me “no one”
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