"Non Trad" student seeks advice
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:50 am
"Non traditional". Sounds so much better than "old broad", doesn't it?
Okay, here's the dilemma: I'm accepted at four of the seven schools I've applied to so far.
The lowest ranked, Stetson, is the only school local to me; I live within 20 miles.
If I choose Stetson, I don't have to uproot my husband and elementary-school-aged son.
They've offered me a 50% scholarship, which brings them down in price to match the other schools: UF, FSU, and Wake Forest.
The prevailing attitude toward Stetson's 100th place ranking is: it's a mystery why they don't rank higher, given their program. But they still teeter on the tier 1/tier 2 edge.
Wake Forest has also offered me a scholarship, which in effect prices me as an in-state student.
Sitting recently with a family acquaintance who has been prosecutor, judge and now is a defense attorney, he advised that, "Before you go to school, it's critical which school you go to. Once you're out, it doesn't really matter." I don't have plans to seek employment outside the south.
Trying to balance all this is giving me a two-month headache. Ideas appreciated!
Okay, here's the dilemma: I'm accepted at four of the seven schools I've applied to so far.
The lowest ranked, Stetson, is the only school local to me; I live within 20 miles.
If I choose Stetson, I don't have to uproot my husband and elementary-school-aged son.
They've offered me a 50% scholarship, which brings them down in price to match the other schools: UF, FSU, and Wake Forest.
The prevailing attitude toward Stetson's 100th place ranking is: it's a mystery why they don't rank higher, given their program. But they still teeter on the tier 1/tier 2 edge.
Wake Forest has also offered me a scholarship, which in effect prices me as an in-state student.
Sitting recently with a family acquaintance who has been prosecutor, judge and now is a defense attorney, he advised that, "Before you go to school, it's critical which school you go to. Once you're out, it doesn't really matter." I don't have plans to seek employment outside the south.
Trying to balance all this is giving me a two-month headache. Ideas appreciated!