# What if you got a full scholarship? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 12, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-you-got-a-full-scholarship/681179 "2014-02-12T19:27:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-you-got-a-full-scholarship/681179/41 "2014-02-14T02:08:26Z")
M.I.T Biological Engineering ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-you-got-a-full-scholarship/681179/42 "2014-02-14T02:18:40Z")
> [@Katriona](#): > > Me too. That’s exactly my dream. We can meet up to drink beer and punt when we’re not reading! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-you-got-a-full-scholarship/681179/43 "2014-02-14T04:25:27Z")
> [@Ruken](#): > > They actually do have a program, full or part time, for women who are not traditional college age. > > [http://www.brynmawr.edu/admissions/criteria/mcbride.html/](http://www.brynmawr.edu/admissions/criteria/mcbride.html/) > > I doubt it typically comes with the full ride presented in the hypothetical, but financial assistance can be a part of it. It is also not for folks who already completed an undergraduate degree. That said, I figured it worth mentioning in case it floats someone’s boat out there in doper land. Brown does too – my mom went back to school when my brother and I were in college and got her Bachelor’s there. They gave her some credit for the college years she had completed and for life experience, so it took her two years. > **[Transfer and Resumed Undergraduate Education Student Advising (T/RUE)](https://college.brown.edu/seek-advising-support/types-advising-support/transfer-and-resumed-undergraduate-education-student)** > > The Transfer and Resumed Undergraduate Education (RUE) Advising Programs provide personalized guidance, support, and programming for Transfer, RUE, Veterans, and Visiting students as you navigate Brown’s many resources. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-you-got-a-full-scholarship/681179/44 "2014-02-14T12:25:55Z")
> [@Ruken](#): > > They actually do have a program, full or part time, for women who are not traditional college age. And as a dude I’d enjoy the company of these nontraditionals. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-you-got-a-full-scholarship/681179/45 "2014-02-14T19:40:46Z")
National Theatre School of Canada or the equivalent program at NYU, Cambridge or any of them. I would love to be a working actress. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-you-got-a-full-scholarship/681179/46 "2014-02-14T19:56:04Z")
I just have no interest in going to school again. I’ve had my own company since before I graduated in 2001, so there’s no place for me to move up to. Now, maybe if I lost the company I’d benefit from having more schooling on my resume (considering my BA is not in the same field as my job) but…I’ll risk it. Cuz I have 10+ years of experience on my resume. I suppose, though, I wouldn’t mind leaving this job and becoming a plumber or a carpenter or an electrician or HVAC specialist. But do those fields even have a need for out of shape old ladies? I’m probably better off staying here working for The Internet. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-you-got-a-full-scholarship/681179/47 "2014-02-14T19:59:00Z")
> [@Poysyn](#): > > National Theatre School of Canada or the equivalent program at NYU, Cambridge or any of them. I would love to be a working actress. As would a lot of actresses. 😃 Seriously, the National Theatre School of Canada isn’t a walk in the park, from what I’ve been told-you’ve got high goals there. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-you-got-a-full-scholarship/681179/48 "2014-02-14T20:39:59Z")
I’m not sure I’d want to go back to undergrad, being past the age when I’d fit in easily among the other students, but going back to _grad_ school might be fun, especially if I could do it somewhere in Europe (since that seems to be one of the few ways for a non-wealthy US citizen to live there legally). The University of Birmingham has what looks like a really cool MA program in [Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon, and the cultural history of Renaissance England](http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/postgraduate/courses/taught/english/shakespeare-stratford-cultural-hist.aspx), so I think I’d do that part-time for two years, and find another program along the same lines for the remaining two. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-you-got-a-full-scholarship/681179/49 "2014-02-14T21:07:49Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > As would a lot of actresses. 😃 > Seriously, the National Theatre School of Canada isn’t a walk in the park, from what I’ve been told-you’ve got high goals there. Absolutely. 😃 The sad thing is, back when I would have been mobile and gutsy enough to try out for it, I wasn’t able to (PTSD derailed me for about three-four years). So, I missed my window - or at least I felt like it. Ah well, life goes on 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-you-got-a-full-scholarship/681179/50 "2014-02-14T21:10:20Z")
I’d pursue a degree in art conservation. The program at Buffalo State appeals, but after the winter we’ve been having I can’t imagine voluntarily relocating to the snow belt. So perhaps University of Delaware. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-you-got-a-full-scholarship/681179/51 "2014-02-14T22:04:19Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > And as a dude I’d enjoy the company of these nontraditionals. Have you been to BMC? If the ladies there are in fact to you liking, Haverford students are allowed to live in BMC dorms. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-you-got-a-full-scholarship/681179/52 "2014-02-14T23:52:58Z")
Probably Oxford, for a Philosophy degree. I imagine the family wouldn’t mind spending a few years in England. But if they balk, then I’d stick close to home and major in Engineering Physics at Berkeley. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-you-got-a-full-scholarship/681179.md?page=2)