Where do you get more "bang" for the tuition buck?

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Anonymous wrote:I would go the Ivy/top school choice for undergrad. You never know what may happen and you or your child decide against graduate school.


However, in my experience, which ever way you choose, the person will always answer the question of where you went to college by listing the top school whether it was undergrad or graduate school.

This doesn't answer the question. Ivy League and other ultra-expensive private schools are a waste of money because employers are far more interested in skills and experience than the name of the school. The times when I have aided in the hiring process (for a STEM field), the name of the school simply indicated how wealthy the family was, and not how well the person would fit the position.

For the vast, vast majority of the country, the Ivy League schools are cheaper than state schools. Perhaps you should do your research before hiring based on a false idea that Ivy leagues exorbitantly expensive.

What country are we talking about?

The United States. For families making up to $180K, the Ivy League charges 10% of your income. Families making under $60K attend Ivy League schools FREE of charge. Since $180K will put you at an income that is in the top ten percent of the country, Ivy Leagues will be cheaper than state flagships for 90% of the country.

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Anonymous wrote:http://www.kiplinger.com/tool/college/T014-S001-kiplinger-s-best-values-in-public-colleges/

Wow! I didn't know UMD has equal SAT scores to UNC /Ucla and higher than Michigan/Wisconsin till I read this.

That link didn't report sats and I don't think your conclusion is accurate.

I clicked on the schools, they have the sat scores

And the Michigan scores are meaningfully higher than Maryland's. (I haven't checked the others.)

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Wow! I didn't know UMD has equal SAT scores to UNC /Ucla and higher than Michigan/Wisconsin till I read this.

That link didn't report sats and I don't think your conclusion is accurate.

I clicked on the schools, they have the sat scores

And the Michigan scores are meaningfully higher than Maryland's. (I haven't checked the others.)

Yes you're right sorry! But UMD tied with Unc. And higher than Wisconsin and Ucla .

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Anonymous wrote:If law school or med school, the "best value" for undergrad is the school that regularly sends the highest % of its pre-law or pre-med students to law or med school. Ask the undergrad how many students receive fellowships for med school or any assistance for law school. Recalculate once you're looking at law or med school.

I went to public Ivy for college and then to Ivy medical school. Most of of my classmates were from Ivys, Stanford, MIT, top LACs, and other top ten schools. Very few state schools. I chose the public college for financial reasons, turning down Ivys, and had no debt going into medical school. But I do think one should go to the top academic school that a person likes.

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Anonymous wrote:http://www.kiplinger.com/tool/college/T014-S001-kiplinger-s-best-values-in-public-colleges/

Wow! I didn't know UMD has equal SAT scores to UNC /Ucla and higher than Michigan/Wisconsin till I read this.

That link didn't report sats and I don't think your conclusion is accurate.

I clicked on the schools, they have the sat scores

And the Michigan scores are meaningfully higher than Maryland's. (I haven't checked the others.)

Yes you're right sorry! But UMD tied with Unc. And higher than Wisconsin and Ucla .

They are all excellent state schools- Wisconsin, Michigan, Maryland, Virginia, UNC, UCLA no matter the scores. These are all top schools that will serve any hardworking student well.

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Definitely better to go to a general state school for undergrad and then go to a grad school that is prestigious for that field. I went to No-Name St. Univ. Got into Top Ten Law School == got a chuckle out of the fact that I paid a fraction of what my classmates paid to end up at the same place -- they went to Harvard, Princeton, Brown, Notre Dame, Georgetown, UVa., Duke, etc.

My sister also went to the same No-Name St. Univ. Went to grad school (in the science) at Cornell. Got PhD from Cornell b/c it is well known in her field.

You have to have good test scores to get into a good grad school, but THAT's the school that people care about on a resume.

IME, grad school today is what a college degree was 20 years ago. I fully expect my kids will need to get a grad degree. So, the undergrad school isn't that important to me. They simply have to do well in order to get to the next level.

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Robots and AI are going to take over 50 percent of jobs. Doctors, accountants , investment services. Anything information based is in the crosshairs . Anything manual as well and that's just about everything .

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AI will write programs and control the computer jobs too.

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DS thought he was headed for medical school after undergrad. Totally changed his mind after his first year at college and now I doubt that he will (ore even could get into) a top graduate program.

Luckily he chose an Ivy League college for his undergraduate degree. The alumni alone will be a great help to him when he starts job searching in a few years.

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Anonymous wrote:DS thought he was headed for medical school after undergrad. Totally changed his mind after his first year at college and now I doubt that he will (ore even could get into) a top graduate program.

Luckily he chose an Ivy League college for his undergraduate degree. The alumni alone will be a great help to him when he starts job searching in a few years.

+1 Pick the best named and top ranked school for every step of the way whenever possible.

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Anonymous wrote:Robots and AI are going to take over 50 percent of jobs. Doctors, accountants , investment services. Anything information based is in the crosshairs . Anything manual as well and that's just about everything .

Who will be designing them and their programs?