jaigandhi wrote:
alphabeta1234 wrote:
Ross/Kenan-Flagler/Johnson are all in the same tier and have roughly the same reputation.
If you turn down a full ride at Kenan-Flagler to go to these other peer schools, you should have your acceptances to all these schools rescinded.
Hey!
I'm not from the US so I wouldn't know if it was that obvious! Here, we have to depend a lot on the rankings, which rank Ross in the top 10 regularly. And that's why I asked for opinions. Maybe you could have put that in a better way. Cheers!
Yeah I wouldn't worry about that. This site puts Ross and Johnson in the elite tier, and KF in the trans elite tier, so there is a difference. And even then, schools in the same tier are not necessarily equal - I don't think people would say Dartmouth and UCLA have equally strong programs - so it's important to make distinctions between schools. These schools do not all have the same reputation.
All of this said, I think when it comes to full-ride vs. no scholarship decisions, it comes down to your personal situation. If you're thinking MBB or bust and money is not an issue, go to the school that gives you the best shot at getting there, which I think would be Ross. If this were me, however, I would take the money at KF, because the thought of an extra 120k in debt is very daunting to me, and the opportunities that KF would provide would probably be good enough for me. My vote goes to Kenan-Flagler, but I don't think anybody could say you're dumb or undeserving of your admit if you picked Ross.