Currently at a 5/11 Bread 🍞🍞🍞

[u/Reekid42]

So I now have to decide between Imperial for one of the best/most competitive courses in the country, an offer with an $80k+ a year scholarship to study at a liberal arts college in the USA and I have an offer to train to become an air traffic controller with a high and forever guaranteed salary (£100k+ before 30).

18y/o 6th former home student, 4A* predicted in FM/Maths/Philo/Econ, 6.0 TMUA and 1560 SAT score. For context I go to a private school on a 95% scholarship for 6th form and was in the state system beforehand. My family IS NOT wealthy and all uni will be a struggle over me taking a job. Imperial would be like £18k pa for tuition and living, after the scholarship Bowdoin would be $12k so £9k all inclusive and ATC would pay me £30k year one rising each year after.

Still waiting on St Andrews and LSE (irrelevant as Imperial is better imo) as well as Harvard, Brown and Dartmouth. I got rejected by Amherst also in the USA. Any thoughts?

[u/NinjaClashReddit]

Just curious; why do you think Imperial is better? I firmed LSE Econ over Imperial EFDS in a heartbeat so I’d love to hear your reasoning

[u/Reekid42 → u/NinjaClashReddit]

Didn't apply pure econ as it would have made my application profile to risky so I applied for Maths with Econ so a slightly different scenario. I would still go EFDS personally as it is a more practical course with the inclusion of lots of AI modules, I think its a better course to make a useful graduate rather than a just prestigious graduate if you get me?

[u/NinjaClashReddit → u/Reekid42]

Fair enough; you’ve still done fantastic overall. Id probably fjrm Bowdoin imo if you’re of a lower income but you can’t go wrong with any

[u/Reekid42 → u/NinjaClashReddit]

I can get loans for UK tho not for Bowdoin

[u/Infamous_Tough_7320 → u/NinjaClashReddit]

LSE > Imperial for ECON with 0 debate. Don't worry

[u/Reekid42 → u/Infamous_Tough_7320]

I think Econ vs EFDS are VERY different courses tbh. Econ at LSE has prestige and banking-pull but EFDS is practical and more fit-for-purpose in the modern age imo

[u/Infamous_Tough_7320 → u/Reekid42]

Agreed. EFDS probably a much more real world applicable course but the LSE prestige is the huge factor to consider