If all costs were equal, would you rather your child attend a top public or top private school?

[Anonymous]

I’m pretty sure the UVA basher went to Rice. In some other threads, he (too aggressive and foul-mouthed to be a girl) promotes STEM/CS programs (seems one-dimensional to me) as the arbiter of a good school. So, like on this thread, he suggests that Michigan and Berkeley are better than UVA. For some reason, he argues that UVA is racist. I’m not sure if he believes that or uses it as a smear. He promotes Cornell because of its strong STEM programs. He disparages Yale and other Ivies with less of a tech focus. He also hates Vanderbilt. Interesting that he seems to have a fetish for WashU. I’m not sure why he can’t be secure in his own choices and proceed with his life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WashU, Emory , Rice are better undergrad schools than every public school.

The only problem w/ WashU is people who went there seem to have come out with some really shithole values. Not sure it’s worth more than a local community college.

Doesn’t describe my family and friends who went there so you seem to be making that up.

Way back in the day WashU was a heavy Jewish school and was a school kids went to who didn't get into other schools they wanted, like the state schools. It was very much a rich kid school and had a reputation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m pretty sure the UVA basher went to Rice. In some other threads, he (too aggressive and foul-mouthed to be a girl) promotes STEM/CS programs (seems one-dimensional to me) as the arbiter of a good school. So, like on this thread, he suggests that Michigan and Berkeley are better than UVA. For some reason, he argues that UVA is racist. I’m not sure if he believes that or uses it as a smear. He promotes Cornell because of its strong STEM programs. He disparages Yale and other Ivies with less of a tech focus. He also hates Vanderbilt. Interesting that he seems to have a fetish for WashU. I’m not sure why he can’t be secure in his own choices and proceed with his life.

I'm pretty sure they are different posters. You need to work on your reading comprehension skills dear. If this what an UVA education gets you, I'm sorely disappointed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doesn't it depend on the kid? If your kid wants a big school and loves STEM, wouldn't Berkeley be an obvious choice over those others? Likewise if your kid wanted to study business and likes being on the east coast, UVA makes so much more sense than Vandy, rice, emory, or wash u.

The OP must be comparing basket weaving programs, or English lit. Certainly, most professional degree programs, like engineering, CS, architecture, business schools, etc. have very degree specific rankings, so you pick between the top schools for your major. Not comparing schools overall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m pretty sure the UVA basher went to Rice. In some other threads, he (too aggressive and foul-mouthed to be a girl) promotes STEM/CS programs (seems one-dimensional to me) as the arbiter of a good school. So, like on this thread, he suggests that Michigan and Berkeley are better than UVA. For some reason, he argues that UVA is racist. I’m not sure if he believes that or uses it as a smear. He promotes Cornell because of its strong STEM programs. He disparages Yale and other Ivies with less of a tech focus. He also hates Vanderbilt. Interesting that he seems to have a fetish for WashU. I’m not sure why he can’t be secure in his own choices and proceed with his life.

I'm pretty sure they are different posters. You need to work on your reading comprehension skills dear. If this what an UVA education gets you, I'm sorely disappointed.

The original post stands. I didn’t go to UVA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Doesn't it depend on the kid? If your kid wants a big school and loves STEM, wouldn't Berkeley be an obvious choice over those others? Likewise if your kid wanted to study business and likes being on the east coast, UVA makes so much more sense than Vandy, rice, emory, or wash u.

The OP must be comparing basket weaving programs, or English lit. Certainly, most professional degree programs, like engineering, CS, architecture, business schools, etc. have very degree specific rankings, so you pick between the top schools for your major. Not comparing schools overall.

Here, for example, are top 25 for accounting. UVA did not make the list lol

https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/best-colleges-for-accounting/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Doesn't it depend on the kid? If your kid wants a big school and loves STEM, wouldn't Berkeley be an obvious choice over those others? Likewise if your kid wanted to study business and likes being on the east coast, UVA makes so much more sense than Vandy, rice, emory, or wash u.

The OP must be comparing basket weaving programs, or English lit. Certainly, most professional degree programs, like engineering, CS, architecture, business schools, etc. have very degree specific rankings, so you pick between the top schools for your major. Not comparing schools overall.

Here, for example, are top 25 for accounting. UVA did not make the list lol

https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/best-colleges-for-accounting/

Dumba$$, UVA doesn’t offer an undergraduate degree in accounting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:99.9% of kids can’t get into HPYSM, so it doesn’t really matter where top publics rate relative to them. When you compare privates rated 10-25 to top publics, they offer no better job or graduate school placement, on average, and cost a lot more. For many smart kids, this is the practical tradeoff. If you are in-state to one if these better publics, it’s a no brainer.

By saying costs don’t matter, this just becomes another ranking thread, which is useless because everyone already knows - more or less - where schools stand. No one cares about the difference between 10-25 or 26-40. When you add cost to the equation, you’re ascertaining value. That’s what most care about.

This isn't true top 25 privates have much better placement than a top 40 public.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:99.9% of kids can’t get into HPYSM, so it doesn’t really matter where top publics rate relative to them. When you compare privates rated 10-25 to top publics, they offer no better job or graduate school placement, on average, and cost a lot more. For many smart kids, this is the practical tradeoff. If you are in-state to one if these better publics, it’s a no brainer.

By saying costs don’t matter, this just becomes another ranking thread, which is useless because everyone already knows - more or less - where schools stand. No one cares about the difference between 10-25 or 26-40. When you add cost to the equation, you’re ascertaining value. That’s what most care about.

This isn't true top 25 privates have much better placement than a top 40 public.

Do you have any way to account for networks that have nothing to do with the school? Top 25 privates also have a lot of rich kids with connections that will land them a internship or job regardless of where they go.

[Anonymous]

Always private. no question.

[Anonymous]

I think the real answer is that going to an elite private school is one of the most potent signifiers of class in this country. Moreso than even Berkeley and UCLA, by far the most prestigious public schools.

[Anonymous]

Private. Full stop.

[Anonymous]

“he suggests that Michigan and Berkeley are better than UVA”

He forgot to add UCLA.

[Anonymous]

Public. More regular people, less entitled douches.

[Anonymous]

Those are great schools but are very different if you drill down so it would depend on the location (do you want there to be a good chance your kid ends up living and working on the opposite coast), how good the school's alumni network is for any possible career paths your kid is considering (how rabid is the fan base for football/basketball), and what the specific ranking of the individual academic program/specialty your kid wants to pursue (the quality and reputation of the professors in the program matters for a graduate degree or in areas such as business or engineering)?