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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to an elite college on huge scholarship and didn't feel like I fit in there at all. If I hadn't met and started dating my dh I would have been miserable most of the time.

If I had gone to a middling college, maybe I would have had a better self esteem and been less stressed. Who knows? There's no formula. But I think happiness in college has more to do with your social circle than your classes.[/quote]

+1 I went to an elite college and was very happy there (no regrets) but having classmates who were totally brilliant definitely redirected my career/major path away from theoretical academics to practical skills.  If I’d gone to a SUNY school instead of where I went maybe I’d still think I was smart and have that math PhD and be going trying to make it in academia rather than working in industry.  Not sure if I would have been happier but I think prestigious school can have social downsides and change the course of your life.

I think a bright kid who doesn’t get into an elite school (either because of luck or because their grades slipped a bit in high school when they focused on their friends) will be perfectly happy and successful at UMD and while their career trajectory will be different than it would be if they’d got to Harvard I’m not convinced it would be worse.[/quote]

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