um. Missed this at the time, but sorry, you don't know what you are talking about. Stanford in particular *likes* homeschoolers. There is a little ambiguity about when do you graduate exactly and what is your GPA, but the usual solution to this is to enroll early at a community college. It's the way we're going to go anyway.
Dana On 5/20/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gruss wrote: > > What that means, at least for the time being, is that any kid looking > > to jump economic classes can do it by attending one of the world's top > > universities which, if you live in the US, gives you an advantage: > > there's one close by. > > > > One other thing: FYI home schoolers don't do well in top university > admissions. While the data is ambiguous the plain truth is that > admissions officers don't know how to compare them which means they > have to be exceptional (overseas missions, perfect standardized test > scores, etc. but not too perfect :) > > If your kid has the discipline the better and cheaper route is to go > to a public university and get a 4.0 as well as aceing the GMAT, GRE, > LSAT, etc. Their major usually doesn't matter so they're better off > picking something they can ace. > > Again, if they have the discipline, it can be key to get an internship > at a top firm in their graduate field - this can be a bonanza if the > firm hires them after their under grad. > > For example, let's say your kid is willing to get an MBA. Send them > to Cal or UMich and in year 2 or 3 all of the top firms will come to > recruit for summer interships. If they make it, 90% are usually hired > full time when they graduate. > > These are high paying jobs ($80k +), have huge perks (free dinner, cab > rides, access to top people), and usually lead to free graduate > school. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=17 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:158344 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
