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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bigger issue is the private school set who gravitates toward a few DC schools and then dismisses other academic institutions for college. Omg my child is ruined because they are going to U of Md. Many schools are the same if not better than Harvard. Lots of kids with no jobs after Harvard. Many excellent state schools you come out with a degree where you can actually get a job and not have to go to grad school. This is not saying that Harvard is not terrific because it is but along with Harvard you have to manage the appearance of being an elitist and spoiled and many employers are staying way far from that. Liberal arts degrees are also not very helpful in today’s job market. Most important is finding a school where your 22 year old is not saddled with debt especially if they are going into a career where it will be hard to pay it back. [/quote]

I agree. I went to an Ivy League school back when they weren’t so generous with the grant money. I just HAD to go there, so I saddled myself with debt, thinking that the name on my resume would somehow help me overcome that financial sinkhole one day. Fifteen years later, it hasn’t. I’m still paying through the nose. What that name has done is given me educational currency, and it has opened a few doors, but if I had to do it again, I’d go to a much more reasonably priced undergrad and dole out the money for a great grad school. [/quote]

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