Yeah—I was willing to pay a significant premium for Georgetown.
I think their reputation and the network would help both with an initial job and would have a lasting impact. But I don’t think GW is enough better than MD to pay much more. And if Sprout changes his mind about PoliSci, then MD is a better choice academically, too. I do think it would be good for him to have the urban campus experience of GW. Test drive living in a city to see if that’s something he likes. But again, that’s not worth 20 or 30k more per year.  Previous Message ….was a really good choice. Elliott’s reputation and cachet and all that is great. But I’d still be paying down debt nearly 15 years on. Plus, had I not gone to Pitt GSPIA, I never would’ve met my two mentors, one of whom is a former Tomcat pilot and UIUC grad. Previous Message Like most schools they make it ridiculously convoluted to actually see the financial aid offer and their portal wasn’t working, so we aren’t sure if he got any need based aid from GW. But unless he absolutely falls in love with them when we visit, and maybe even then, it’s going to be UMD. Previous Message
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 UIUC regular decision results are out - nash March 6, 2026, 16:38:05
- kiddo got waitlisted at the beloved but got in at UT Austin Mech E, Purdue Eng Honors, Texas A&M - rozoben March 28, 2026, 16:23:38
- My kid got waitlisted at Columbia & Yale, so Michigan for my kid unless there’s a waitlist miracle.* - nash March 28, 2026, 13:27:23
- Had lunch with the head of the UIUC MATSE department last Monday. They had 40% more kids accept last - ATL March 28, 2026, 11:46:55
- College seems different now than when I went. Been doing visits with son. Country club feel to it.* - cpsteine March 28, 2026, 10:42:06
- Sprout got into GWU but not Georgetown. - DT March 28, 2026, 8:06:51
- mini got into the joint UNC/NC State biomedical engineering program - ATL March 27, 2026, 22:06:58
- BTW BME is one of the most sought after Eng majors. For example at UT , its the toughest major to - rozoben March 28, 2026, 16:50:39
- Congrats to Mini . These public admissions have been brutal this year. - rozoben March 28, 2026, 16:28:05
- That’s awesome. Have never heard about that type of joint program* - illini21 March 28, 2026, 10:00:01
- Awesome. Congrats!* - DT March 28, 2026, 8:03:09
- Chapel Hill is amazing. I imagine that’ll be his home campus?* - Carl Spackler March 28, 2026, 7:06:17
- Great stuff.* - nash March 28, 2026, 7:03:35
- nice!* - ECEIllinois March 28, 2026, 0:08:44
- Looks like a cool program. Congrats!* - DocWalk20 March 27, 2026, 23:36:49
- Nice. Congrats! * - Tuscy March 27, 2026, 22:17:42
- Congratulations to the kids. mini was denied from UIUC Engineering. :-( - ATL March 6, 2026, 18:47:27
- Little Dude got in for Biology. He's excited.* - Dude_The March 6, 2026, 16:47:30
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on March 28, 2026, 10:27:14, in reply to "I’ll tell you something, man. Choosing Pitt’s GSPIA (now SPIA) over GWU’s Elliott School…"
- osklister March 28, 2026, 13:29:54