OK so firstly you don't have a "farmer's knowledge" of economics. Japanese rice farmers invented the Option, and farmers have been at the forefront of economics for hundreds of years. Anyway I've highlighted the incorrect portion of your post in bold.

See, the sad thing about a guy like this is in 50 years hees gonna staht doin some thinkin on hees own and hees gonna come up with the fact that there are two certaintees in life. One, don't do that. And Two, he dropped a hundred and fifty grand on a f*ng education he coulda got for a dollah fifty in late chahges at the public library.

Not only that but scholarships are often given by donors for specific types of students. We don't know that the scholarship being offered is not being sponsored by the Turkish gov't or a Turkish businessman or 100s of other possibilities.

Why are some of us mad at schools giving scholarships to foreign students? I mean that is up to them isn't it?

Dude, it is an obvious choice...The general consensus here is that you go for Harvard!!

I'm not. I hope that's not how is came across. I'm just mad the didn't give any TO ME!!

I'm Swiss and studied in Switzerland. Now I have a post-grad job at Purdue in the US.
If you wanna know my opinion, stay in Zurich for your grad studies if you can. Harvard is nice to write on your Resume, but you'd do it for the name and nothing else. Grad students in the US are poorly paid and treated, and with 500/month you'll be living on your savings for a couple of years. Besides, East Coast is expensive.
If you wanna write Harvard on your Resume, go to Harvard. If you wanna have a good life, stay in Zurich.

I was going to reply, but OP has been banned...

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I think I have to agree with what most of the other posters have advised. I assume that you have done enough research on the actual studies you will be doing and reckon that you can cope. Staying in the same place is, of course, more comfortable, but the Harvard prestige will give you more career opportunities. Check out the people who are really important in your field and I guess that you will probably find that they have moved around quite a bit, thereby getting a broader base of experience, which is what employers in accademia and the private sector are looking for. I suspect you will regret it if you don't take this opportunity to broaden your horizons.

Just saying that daboy called it right.

I think dre & tupac are the same person.

Are you a private investigator?