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[quote=Anonymous][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]

I agree with your assessment and have come to the same conclusion. Branding won’t mean much in the next few years. To compete with global elites, the next generation needs to be adaptable and smart enough to handle environments that are very different from the ones we grew up in. It’s a completely different arena now. [/quote]

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