You got a scholarship even though daddy makes 200k? Youch. Daddy must have six kids in kollel and another six with tuition. Either that or sems have money they don’t know to do with. In which case, they can send it to me.
Takeh? Yavneh is only 6k – figure another 5k for dorms – takeh, that is a savings. EY is usually 14k-18k and add 2k for flights. So you can save been 5k-10k. Ok, that is money. Is E”Y worth it? For the right girl, the right sem, I suppose it’s priceless. Hmmm…but 10k can go a long way towards a degree/kollel/chasuna. Hmmmm….
But a year in Eretz Yisrael can be worth a great deal. On the other hand, you can also spend it hanging out with the equally productive ‘yeshiva boys’ in ben yehudah, which you can’t do in – oh, Atlanta.