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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Peer group matters a lot. Obviously, there are smart kids at every university, but constantly being surrounded by driven & accomplished peers breeds a natural desire to excel and succeed. And as parents, we all want our children to succeed, no matter how we individually define 'success'; for me, it's defined by how my kid sees it, and they want to aim for an elite university.[/quote]

Peer group does matter a lot, which is why I’m relieved my kid isn’t going to an elite university. To each their own.[/quote]
I mean if you look around the current state of the world, the “elite” suck.  I understand being worries about your kid being able to make a decent living.  But IB and Big Law?  No thank you. 
The crappy reality is that none of us know what the world will look like in 5 years.  AI, climate change, oligarchy…..Like I really, really don’t think it will make a difference if a kid goes to a T10 or a T50.  If I did, I would worry about it. And I think a lot of people know that but keep hanging on to the hope it will make a difference.  It won’t.  And there are loads of really smart kids in non-T10 universities who read books, are intellectually curious, etc.  [/quote]

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