This Senior Got Accepted to Every Ivy League College and Rejected Them All

 

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Every Ivy League school wanted Ronald Nelson, Jr. But after considering his options, he said no to every last one of them. Instead, the National Merit Scholar is going to a state school, and for a really savvy reason.
Ronald chose the University of Alabama, Business Insider reports, because he got into their prestigious honors program and received a full scholarship. He didn't get a single merit-based scholarship from the Ivies, which generally don't offer them. The idea is to save money now to spend later He's thinking about going to medical school, which will cost him a pretty penny. "I was looking toward my long-term education and not just my short-term goals," he said on the Today show.
College is crazy expensive, and Ronald decided he'd get a great education at Alabama without going into lots of debt. "The Ivy League experience would certainly be something amazing, to make these connections, and have these amazing professors," he told Business Insider. "But I really do think I'll be able to make the same experience for myself at the college I chose." After all, college is what you make it, and pedigree doesn't decide everything. As they say at the University of Alabama's sporting events, Roll Tide!

Personal Comment

First, I want to give him a hand of recognition to his determination. I don't think I can follow his choice when I was in his shoes; probably, I would have gotten a loan to pay for Princeton. But when I read his statement, it felt like something had hit me in the head. Believing his own choice confidently had inspired me, who is a junior in high school, and relaxed me a little from the stress I am experiencing now.