| carsncars | 03-07-2010 03:25 PM |
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Originally Posted by misteranswer
(Post 6848079)
Definitely other places in the US, ie your Ivy league schools and small liberal arts colleges.
Other schools in Canada, I would say aren't too much better.
But then he just wants to be a bean counter
| ...I was accepted at Stanford, but when you're talking $50,000/year vs. $0 for your whole degree (after scholarships), it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I decided it'd be better to save the cash for graduate studies, where which university you choose and what university is on your resume actually matters. Or unless you're trying to get into a prestigious program at one of those universities (e.g., Harvard, Yale, or Stanford Law)--then it might be some benefit to take your undergraduate degree there (although it's not "supposed" to be a factor). Really, quality of undergraduate education is fairly standard at any reasonably established university in North America.
Now, if you're insane enough to be offered a full ride scholarship to an Ivy League University or Stanford, you would be even more insane not to take that up!
As for SFU vs. UBC, I can't say why this guy chose SFU, but when I made the choice--SFU and UBC both being paid for by scholarships, so money wasn't a factor--I chose SFU for its co-op program (much more established than UBC's, especially in the electronics engineering field).
SFU has a pretty decent reputation for its business program, though, so it's not ridiculous that he'd pick SFU. | 