Fast American Girls- Why choose NC State over Ivy or Stanford?

It just comes down to money and maybe even location.

Kids get a different feel about different campuses: My son, not an athlete, could have gone to Cornell for $3000 a year. He hated the campus. I love the campus and the town (Ithaca) I go there often. It wasn't for him.

Then there is their intended major. For my son, RIT was far more expensive but Cornell would have had a different route to the same major and RIT's was better suited to him.

Then, and this is Cornell only, you have to take a swimming test and if you don't pass you have to take a swimming class!! He hates swimming.

The test at least was: 50 meters freestyle, 50 meters backstroke, 50 meters any way you can get to the end.

The lack of ivy athletic scholarships is the main thing, but there's more and more talk about white kids going to Southern colleges to avoid having to compete academically with Asian American kids.

What a country.

What’s the matter, big baby? Did your little Susie not get recruited? Booohooohoooo…😭

Depends a lot on the southern college though. Vandy and Duke are both great schools. Alabama? A fine school but not top.

Ivies are free for families under 200k.

No. Not close unless you are a terrible parent. Brown has 52% paying full price even though average household income is $200k. My daughter pays $75K and we earn only $180k because we saved and we paid our mortgage.