Possibly Dumbest Question Ever... Yale Vs. USC

[Lothario]

Yup pretty simple, full tuition scholarship to USC. SO just 11k a year for room and board. Yale will be the full 45k a year so i'll prob need to take out lots and lots and lots and lots of student loans since parents make too much for fin aid and don't wanna pay for college.

This prob matters, i plan on going into IBanking after college and i know Yale will simply be awesome for this but im the type of guy who likes to party and well USC was my backup safety school and i mean its a [censored] paradise of hott girls. But id be stupid for going to USC over Yale right?

[4ObliVioN4]

USC all the way

[Dan.]

1) Go to Yale
2) Join Skull & Bones
3) ????
4) Profit.

[Dave D]

I think this is actually a really tough choice, I mean a full ride is a full ride and USC isn't bad. Are *you* gonna take out loans, or parents?

I wouldn't worry about partying that much, Yale would be fine for that. I think I say Yale, but its really close. The long term is what it's all about, and I think Yale is just better for that.

[Daddy Hoya]

Go to Yale, hands down.
Not even a question, in my opinion.

[minnesotasam]

I had the same possibility and choose Penn over USC full-ride, so obv I'd say Yale. I got some good financial aid though, dunno your situation.

[Tiburon]

My vote goes to USC. If you graduate in 4 years you're looking at $44k in debt at USC instead of $180k at Yale. That's a huge difference and a [censored] of money to pay off. Do some research and find out about how much time it would take to pay that off. I'm not familiar with your area of study, but you can probably get a good job with a degree from USC also.

I'm kinda in a similar situation. I really like UCSB, but it would require me to take out some significant loans also. I've received some good offers from smaller schools with like 2,000 students. I also would rather go to a school with lots of parties, hot girls, etc.

[dustyn]

I think it's a difficult decision. Having huge loans is certain if you go to Yale. Getting an ibanking job will probably happen at Yale; it stands a reasonable possibility at USC. People change while they're in college too - that's something to keep in mind. Priorities change, hearts change, potential careers change. Being forced to pay off 180k will not change. Not to mention the large stress you're going to put on yourself the first 5-10 years of your career with that much debt. I think it's a tough decision but being forced to shoulder 180k in debt is a bit too much imo, so I would go with USC.

[SuitedDucks]

I went to Yale and I'm gonna say that you should go to Yale. First of all, if you want to go into ibanking, the contacts that you'll make at a place like Yale are invaluable. I know several friends who had their resumes pulled during the recruiting process with subpar credentials by people who they had met at Yale who currently worked at the companies. Furthermore, i'm assuming if youre going into ibanking, youre mostly interested in business/making money so you should consider the value of the contacts that you'll be making. Second of all, if you play your cards right, you can study hard for two years, get an internship with an ibank after the sumer of your sophomore year, work hard at your internship and get offered a job from them after school's over. if you do that, you can pretty much blow off your last two years. Even if you get an internship after your junior year, you can still blow off senior year. Third, if you're trying to go into banking, your grades arent as important as if you were trying to go into consulting and/or law school where grades are pretty much the only thing that matters. Ibanking is more about relevant experience and connections. Fourth, people at Yale party too. Most of the ppl i know did not study that much thur night - sunday except during midterm crunch time and finals. Fifth, its Yale. It gives you instant credibility. Whenever I meet someone new, and it comes up that I went to Yale, that person makes automatic assumptions about my intelligence and my abilities.

[4ObliVioN4]

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I went to Yale and I'm gonna say that you should go to Yale. First of all, if you want to go into ibanking, the contacts that you'll make at a place like Yale are invaluable. I know several friends who had their resumes pulled during the recruiting process with subpar credentials by people who they had met at Yale who currently worked at the companies. Furthermore, i'm assuming if youre going into ibanking, youre mostly interested in business/making money so you should consider the value of the contacts that you'll be making. Second of all, if you play your cards right, you can study hard for two years, get an internship with an ibank after the sumer of your sophomore year, work hard at your internship and get offered a job from them after school's over. if you do that, you can pretty much blow off your last two years. Even if you get an internship after your junior year, you can still blow off senior year. Third, if you're trying to go into banking, your grades arent as important as if you were trying to go into consulting and/or law school where grades are pretty much the only thing that matters. Ibanking is more about relevant experience and connections. Fourth, people at Yale party too. Most of the ppl i know did not study that much thur night - sunday except during midterm crunch time and finals. Fifth, its Yale. It gives you instant credibility. Whenever I meet someone new, and it comes up that I went to Yale, that person makes automatic assumptions about my intelligence and my abilities.

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Wait, people at Yale study Thur - Sun?