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Re: Big news! 

By: micro in 6TH POPE | Recommend this post (2)
Thu, 25 Feb 21 7:12 PM | 60 view(s)
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awesome stuff De.

My son in law in Virginia Beach had competing similar offers from both The Ohio State University college of medicine and Duke University. His was $25,000 per year, free tuition for the PHD program and he would need to be an assistant to the prof..

He went to Duke while my daughter went to William and Mary Wyth College of LAW.

So Sonny boy got his Piled Higher and Deeper and my daughter became a pretty successful Attorney in Virginia..

Joey will do the same.. Its a great feeling as a parent to see your children have such success, especially when it exceeds our own.. At least in my case. I put TWO through college and both have doctorates. so mama and I are proud parents of them as you and yours are and wil be even more... Congrats to you both. Y'all done real good! Thumbs Up Propeller Very Happy


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Re: Big news!
By: Decomposed in 6TH POPE
Thu, 25 Feb 21 6:03 PM 		Msg. 13220 of 60008

Re: “UC San Diego”Joey received his formal acceptance from U.C. San Diego yesterday, with the school's official offer: Free tuition + $27,000. Unlike Wisconsin's offer, no work is involved. Awesome, right? Naw, there's a catch - a big one. UCSD's offer is for just one year. Thereafter, something else would need to be negotiated.

I know better than to tell my son what to do. He'll figure out for himself that Wisconsin's offer is far superior to UCSD's. He has to work for the $22,000 Wisconsin will pay him each year, but it's teaching, which he enjoys and finds de-stressing.

Of the seven applications Joey submitted, he's had 2 offers, 1 rejection. 4 are still pending. I've told Joey that my hunch is that they'll be rejections. I think that the schools that really want a student likely let that student know quickly. The others hold off on saying anything, effectively putting the applicant on 'wait' lists. As we saw in 2017, being on a wait list doesn't usually work out. We'll see, though. That's only my WAG.

Joey's roommate and best friend (who I call the math genius) has been accepted for a 1-year Masters degree in England. He's going to take it, deferring Arizona's Ph.D. offer. Several of his applications are still pending, so Arizona's not locked in. I have a feeling that he'll be in greater demand from other schools next year when he has a Masters degree from Cambridge in tow.

Those two have proven to be an impressive pair, and they've helped each other tremendously. In a way it's a shame that they're going separate directions.

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