I wish this were a parody but it seems it's actually supposed to be taken seriously?buffalo_ wrote: Situation 3: You were accepted to CCN.
TCR: Congratulations, go to a "lower" T14 with a scholarship. Preferably UVA/UMich or if you have WE you must go to Northwestern. CCN are not worth sticker.
Situation 4: You were accepted to Harvard/Stanford.
TCR: Yay, go to CCN with a scholarship. Harvard and Stanford are not worth sticker.
This notion that scholarships are automatic when you are accepted the next tier up is ever so slightly ridiculous.
How many people get accepted to HYS each year? CCN definitely doesn't have enough significant scholarships between them to cover them all. Same goes to people accepted to CCN - you don't think some of the same people are going to be picking up scholarships from CCN and the lower-T14? that means they are not all floating around for people who only got into CCN. Has anyone actually added up the total number of major scholarships in the T14? I'd be curious to know how many fully-funded/half-funded spaces there actually are.
Yes, a large portion of people might have significant scholarships to contend with when they are being accepted into top-tier schools, but I highly doubt that having a full ride or even a half ride is the norm among the majority of applicants (particularly once you get outside of TLS).