Down to Two

We heard back from BYU; they put Seth on their wait list, so there is still a possibility that Seth could get accepted, but this experience and much reflection, and discussion, and prayer and fasting,  has helped us see more clearly that BYU is not the right school for Seth. They are an excellent school, and by far, the very least expensive (like crazy less expensive), but they don't have the major (Strategy) that Seth wants to pursue. Their career services are not as developed as the other schools. Seth felt that I might have more support from family in Utah while he's busy studying (which is so like him, to think of my needs and put me first), and the idea of less debt is a big draw. And we would really love to live near our family in Utah, and John looks really good in blue....

but in the end those reasons are just not why we are going to MBA school. (If so, Seth could just find a job and we could move). The whole purpose is to give Seth an opportunity to learn new skills, learn about what careers are out there, get connected with the right network and companies, and start a job that he loves that will better provide for our family. We have to choose the school that will best help him achieve those goals, and we feel that BYU isn't the best choice. And waiting for BYU's final decision would probably jeopardize the offers we've received from the other excellent schools.

 University of Washington is in beautiful Seattle. My sister Hannah and her family are there, whom we'd love to live by. Seattle's a great business climate, and it would be very cool to live there. But we would not get in state tuition, and it is so expensive. And when Seth went to their campus, he just didn't feel that feeling you need to make an enormous 2 year commitment.  We hope that maybe Seth could find an internship in Seattle so that we could try it out, and see if we'd like to live there long term. So, although we are so thankful for their offer, with a slight sigh that still has hope for a future internship in Seattle, we have to say that Washington is out of the running as well.

VS.

We're down to TWO now! For a long time, we thought Iowa wasn't the option for us and that a half tuition scholarship just wasn't enough for us to choose Iowa. And we were pretty confident about Ohio State being the one, and they have offered him a partial scholarship (I had already moved to Columbus in my mind). But then we found out that Iowa wants to offer Seth a full tuition scholarship. Whoa....This has caused us to pause and rethink the situation. Yellow and black are really not our colors...but could we stand them for two years...for free? Thank goodness for prayer because this is a tough decision! Both great schools, which one will we choose!? Stay tuned and you'll hopefully find out soon.