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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, if you look outside the top 10 schools (but top 50 in the USNews rankings) there will be a higher chance of merit aid.[/quote]

Not worth it.  The good faculty flock to the top schools.  It will be unusual to find good faculty in a program that is not top 10.[/quote]

Okay, so is it just "not worth it" to go to college if you're not in a top ten program?[/quote]

There's plenty of options in that case. A common option is to re-assess credentials and re-apply. Another option is to apply to other schools. There is a gentleman across the street from me who did not get into the undergrad bio program at JHU. He decided to intern at Cleveland Clinic for a year and re-applied. He got in the second time around. He could have easily just applied to Stanford or another school. But he was determined to get into a particular program and he didn't give up.

Should student's who don't go to a top 10 program just not go? It depends on what they are looking for out of a college. If the student wants to go to an "elite school", then he/she should exhaust their options for that before settling for something else.
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There are thousands of students who didn't get into Harvard/Yale/etc (or whatever school is top ten in their program) and "settled" on schools like Northwestern, Notre Dame, Vanderbilt or their state flagship (Michigan, Virginia, etc.) and it's absolutely ridiculous and patently false to claim that they are not getting access to top, or even good, faculty.
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All those schools you just mentioned have top 10 programs. Michigan is a great university with many top 10 programs. I never said that good faculty wouldn't be at these schools. Either you're not familiar with the schools you just mentioned, or you failed to comprehend my post.
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